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Why the outcry over Burger King moving HQ to Canada?

(FILES) This June 5, 2012 file photo shows Billionaire Warren Buffett, as he speaks in Washington, DC. Burger King said August 26, 2014 it had agreed to buy Canada's coffee and donut chain Tim Hortons in an $11 billion deal that would create the world's third-largest fast food company. The new company would be headquartered in Canada in a controversial tax inversion that provides a lower tax rate for the iconic American hamburger company that calls itself the "home of the whopper." The deal, backed by legendary investor Warren Buffett, would launch a new company with about $23 billion in sales and more than 18,000 restaurants in 100 countries. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has pledged $3 billion of preferred share financing but will not participate in the management and operation of the business, it said. The new company will be based in Canada, "the largest market of the combined company," it said. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMMNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images
(FILES) This June 5, 2012 file photo shows Billionaire Warren Buffett, as he speaks in Washington, DC. Burger King said August 26, 2014 it had agreed to buy Canada’s coffee and donut chain Tim Hortons in an $11 billion deal that would create the world’s third-largest fast food company. The new company would be headquartered in Canada in a controversial tax inversion that provides a lower tax rate for the iconic American hamburger company that calls itself the “home of the whopper.” The deal, backed by legendary investor Warren Buffett, would launch a new company with about $23 billion in sales and more than 18,000 restaurants in 100 countries. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has pledged $3 billion of preferred share financing but will not participate in the management and operation of the business, it said. The new company will be based in Canada, “the largest market of the combined company,” it said. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMMNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images
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Billionaire Warren Buffet is backing a deal under which Burger King would acquire the Canadian company Tim Hortons and move the BK headquarters to Canada, which has a significantly lower corporate tax rate than the United States. (Justin Sullivan, Getty file)

Re: “Hard to swallow? Burger King may move to Canada,” Aug. 26 business news story.

There has been an outcry by liberals and progressives to boycott or picket Burger King for considering moving their headquarters to Canada. I guess to the liberals this is a silly question, but why shouldn’t the corporate tax rate for Canada and USA be the same? Just wondering.

L.W. Hunley, Grand Junction

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