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Where the database that holds the dollar amount is located doesn't matter, what matters is where it's taxed and where it's spent.

The US government _forced_ the companies to pay this tax, that point is irrefutable.




All taxes are compulsory - "_forced_" - as you put it. Who would pay them if they weren't? However, they are free to invest it wherever they choose, and they have chosen the US. That is not "mandatory repatriation".




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