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On the recordMay 20, 2013
You have an agreement which shifts the economic rights, the most valuable thing you have, to three Irish companies that pay no taxes.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin highlights the tax avoidance strategy involving Irish companies.

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