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In the US, they overspend every single year. That is now debit, will Apple be paying a share of this debit at some point? Does Apple pay the interest on this de
by cmdrfred 10y ago
In the US, they overspend every single year. That is now debit, will Apple be paying a share of this debit at some point? Does Apple pay the interest on this debt? Of course not. Those costs are distributed to all the taxpayers. The cost of governance is X% of the economy. If Apple only pays X% - Y%, then the rest of the taxpayers must make up the difference in this year or down the road. If down the road, the costs are even greater than the savings Apple has received as interest must be paid to service the debit. Thus such a situation is wholly economically inefficient for everyone but Apple no matter how you slice it.
Also understand, these taxes are not for nothing. Without highways Apple can not ship it's product, without a legal system anyone can produce Apple's designs and undercut them.
We can decide what government services make sense to provide but everyone needs to pay their share or the system will fail. Rather violently, if history is any guide.