> I would prefer the money stay with the shareholders

I thought it couldn't be repatriated anywy, because the US charges a level of tax that isn't 0.005?

    > rather than transferred to European politicians

Yeah, each MEP will get a personal dividend from it O_o

    > if you disagree and think that politicians would
    > make better use of the funds than an individual

This reduces to the absurd very quickly. Yes I think Apple should pay tax. They set up in a 12.5% corporate tax jurisdiction, and I think they should have to pay that, rather than the less than 1% that they did.