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> We pay all that we owe according to tax laws and local customs wherever we operate The problem is that Apple and other big corporations have lobbied all arou
by kartan 7y ago
> We pay all that we owe according to tax laws and local customs wherever we operate
The problem is that Apple and other big corporations have lobbied all around the world to minimise the amount of taxes they pay.
That they follow the law becomes kind of irrelevant when they have helped to design the law.
Meanwhile, 130,000 people died in the UK because governments are cutting on healthcare. (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/01/perfect-storm-austerity-behind-130000-deaths-uk-ippr-report https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/01/perfect-sto...)
To be legal is not the same that to be moral or even sustainable in the long term. Someone has to pay for education and health care. If the middle class have to support everyone else, who will buy the next iPhone? Long term and capitalism are at odds. We need some more thinking into it.