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Originally Posted by Little.Egret
Inventory taxes are a fairy story.
Since Jim Baen gave that reply POD has altered the situation.
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Maybe in the UK
But in the early 80's, Inventory Tax avoidance, was driving many California companies to keep inventories out of state, in more friendly territories.
No warehouse, no Local Rented buildings, no business (equipment) property tax, no jobs and all the local services that employees need.
Taxes have driven many a job off shore. I live in the heart of the Silicon valley. When I got out of the Navy, many tech companies were building hardware products all around here. The entire gambit of jobs were available from Assembler to Engineer. Now, all it seems that are left is R&D and Software and the Data Centers that support them.
Taxes and Regulation are killing American jobs