The US has screwed themselves over with their tax laws. That is exactly what is killing them and that is why there is such a drastic spread between rich and poor in the US. The taxes that large US companies pay is peanuts compared to what it used to be. But, if you make them pay more, they will just close the doors and move to a different country. Bless your heart Global economics.
Also, the morons have mortgages as tax right offs.... I mean how stupid can you be. So every gets as big of a mortgage as possible and nobody wants to pay them off because it is a write off every year. The housing industry in the U.S is in complete shambles. A much deeper recession looms in the US soon. They just can't stop printing money and soon it will be good for nothing but toilet paper if they keep it up.