Much of midsummer In Washington was given over to outrage over and attacks on "corporate inversions"- where a company essentially changes its country of address to evade taxes - with various legislative proposals put forward to either outlaw it or punish its practitioners. A perfectly happy attack on corporate privilege turned unpleasant, however, when President Obama announced that accountants bore much of the blame, because they recommended the schemes. Right-thinking people were quick to point out that no accountants were involved, only lawyers, and anyway, the accountants were just doing their jobs.
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