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Don't put cash in dividends, Microsoft; buy your own country | |
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| Time: 10:46 EST/15:46 GMT | News Source: USA Today | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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And boy, have I got the place for you, Bill Gates: Micronesia! You won't have to change the name! Structure it right, and the country of Micronesia could sell Microsoft-branded products, yet avoid landing in U.S. federal court on antitrust charges, thanks to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, which, as Downes points out, makes it difficult for the United States to sue other nations. Micronesia is a South Pacific island nation about four times the size of Washington, D.C. It comes with warm weather and palm trees, and has a population of about 150,000 people. Its official language is English and its currency is the U.S. dollar. The only hardship for all those Seattle-dwelling Microsoft employees would be parting with their extensive collections of fleece. | ||
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| #1 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at 1/29/2003 12:39:14 PM |
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Does Micronesia have a Starbucks?
If not, this plan will never work. |
| #2 By 2 (24.54.154.183) at 1/29/2003 1:28:59 PM |
| No, but they are getting close. There is one in Malaysia, which is relatively close. |
| #3 By 8589 (66.169.175.34) at 1/29/2003 7:47:24 PM |
| Because the U.S. courts acted like wimps, and this while Europe still owes us Billions of dollars from the Marshall Plan. |
| #4 By 61 (65.32.170.1) at 1/30/2003 1:53:35 AM |
| With interest and cost of living, that would be trillions. |
| #5 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at 1/30/2003 10:39:49 PM |
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Europe has already paid us back 100 fold through years of stability and trade.
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