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You look good there Lance!
The repatriation tax was iirc 15.5%, vastly lower than any other US tax rate, and basically lower than any tax rate they would have paid, or should have paid in taxes to other nations.
When a company makes profits it can expect to pay tax on it somewhere, until this, apple had not.
I guess you could look at it, like something instead of nothing, but long term I think the multicorps end up paying less than they should, vastly less, everywhere, and people as a result lose out.