> too bad much of it wasn't collected in taxes rather
> than bought with debt. :-)
I see your smiley, but historically the ones with the largest cash reserves *do* ultimately spend it: on acquisitions, mostly, or in some cases direct investment. So it will get taxed ultimately in many cases.
And of course: the size of the US debt is much larger (by a factor of 6-7?) than the corporate cash, uh, cache.
/jordan