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I thought it was rather barefaced in the article that moments after crediting itself for lifting all those poor citizens of Cork out of poverty by giving them j

I thought it was rather barefaced in the article that moments after crediting itself for lifting all those poor citizens of Cork out of poverty by giving them jobs (there's quite the "you should've seen the place before we came along, terrible, terrible" vibe to the first two paragraphs) it then goes on to deride the people it employs as being worthless by saying that of course virtually all the real value is created in California... Sure, it's R&D is in California. But R&D is only 7% of its expenditure. The other 93% is necessary to bring in the revenue, so it very much part of the value.

noobermin 10y ago
That is a rather unfair reading. I dislike the "look at the poor little people of Cork we rescued" but perhaps they insinuated that the Cork section was not as vital but I'm not sure I would see that as deriding them.
soneil 10y ago
The sad thing is, it's kinda true. Not just Apple, and not just Cork, but overall the 'sweetheart' deals for companies bringing a lot of employment to the country, have helped. They're helping us find jobs rather than directly putting coin in the state purse, but I'm okay with that. This is a country where, in the 70s & 80s, finding a job meant moving to the UK. Now, pretty much everyone I know works for one multinational or another. And the multinationals all came here for the same reason.