But Pink is not just talking about any old purpose--he is talking about transcendent purpose.

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"Through diplomatic steps, we need to give careful and thorough explanation that we are talking about attacks strictly for the purpose of self defense, " he said.

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This is -- the entire purpose of the law that you're talking about was written in the '80s to prevent a private company or an investor from evading taxes in owning a profitable company and then in purchasing one that was losing money in order to take significant -- to use those significant tax losses to lower its own tax rate.

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On this point, the United States is behind the UK, where regulators are actually talking about the form and content of the audit report and whether the current audit process actually serves any useful purpose for investors.

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