Decomp,
This isn't "speculation."
WHY would anyone trust them now, after their tactics have taken us to the brink?
Besides, our economy is based on a flawed model, "services & consumerism" doesn't grow jobs or a healthy country.
We need to fix the "core problem" to have a strong economy. clo
In addition, firms are unlikely to invest the repatriated funds. Congress passed a similar repatriation tax holiday in 2004 and required firms to create domestic jobs or make new domestic investments to get the tax break. Nonetheless, the firms, on average, used the tax break to repurchase shares or pay dividends — not to increase investment.

DO SOMETHING!