That money will keep the lights on (or pivot) when hard times come, which they w...

		toyg on Feb 20, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Lowered Taxes by $2.4B Using European Subsi... That money will keep the lights on (or pivot) when hard times come, which they will (because of economic cycle, landscape changes etc etc). Unlike nation-states, corporations have little incentive to distribute their wealth as soon as they accumulate it.