Corporate Deadbeatism

Sensitive readers will recognize my advocacy of respect for reasonable and
lawful taxation as a cornerstone of the new
morality
. It is with that purpose I suggest that readers have a look at this
story
wherein billions have gone unpaid all in the name of smuggling coffin
nails. Next time you wonder why there is a shortage of money for your favorite
public project, ask a shareholder of JTI-MacDonald, a subsidiary of Japan
Tobacco. While respect for the processes of the court is another cornerstone,
one has to ask if the taxes have gone unpaid, who else could be responsible? Is
this a case of res ipsa locuitur loquitur?