The End to Apple’s Cash Dilemma
&gt; This has led Apple, along with other Silicon Valley firms, to keep foreign cash offshore as it is the financially prudent thing to do for shareholders.<p>The kept the cash offshore with the belief that they would eventually be able to bring it back without paying taxes. They started a multi-year political lobbying campaign to change the tax system. And it worked. If our political system was not up for sale they would have eventually had to bring the cash home and pay their damn taxes.