I don't nessisarily disagree with you examples. But, I think you are misssing the forest for the trees.
I have had several successful CEO's all tell me to ignore taxes. That does not mean you install or don't install solar panels based on tax breaks. It can be very important, but it's generally premature optimization. Further, it's not the top tax rate that is important it's differential tax rates aka A @X or B @ less than X.
MSFT's re-patriating money is a good problem to have. They may see a tax holiday in the next administration or they may not. But again, it's getting to that point is the issue.
I have had several successful CEO's all tell me to ignore taxes. That does not mean you install or don't install solar panels based on tax breaks. It can be very important, but it's generally premature optimization. Further, it's not the top tax rate that is important it's differential tax rates aka A @X or B @ less than X.
MSFT's re-patriating money is a good problem to have. They may see a tax holiday in the next administration or they may not. But again, it's getting to that point is the issue.