You about corporations. Corporations, theyre a lot like us immortal. [laughter] shielded from liability, accountable tom shareholders. Oh, wait, thats opposite of us. Sorry. But there is one thing corporations do have in common with the rest of us. They dont like paying taxes. Hate it. Fortunately, they rarely have to. Its the subject of tonights oh, no. Thats not. I dont. I did not approve this, and i feel that this is disrespectful in some ways. Its about. Okay. That i dont. That i dont. Lets go with the first one, and then well just. Okay. Thats fine. [laughter] anyway, this seasons hot new tax loophole for corporations, a onceobscure tax dodge known as the corporate inversion, which sounds like the business equivalent of gender reassignment, and it kind of is. Its a liberating procedure for companies that have been raids american but know in their heart theyre really irish. Tax inversions, thats where companies reincorporate overseas simply to cut their u. S. Tax bills. Accompanied