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I'm from the UK as it happens but I am sick of hearing about it, yes! It's not Apple's fault that your infrastructure is failing. So the US government spendin
by _Understated_ 7y ago
I'm from the UK as it happens but I am sick of hearing about it, yes!
It's not Apple's fault that your infrastructure is failing.
So the US government spending nearly $1 Trillion annually on the military is worth every penny I assume. Imagine your military budget was halved. What could you do with an extra $500 Billion a year?
The fact that the US government spends nearly $700 Billion annually on Medicare and your health system is utterly broken doesn't bother you.
Or that your government bailed out the banks to the tune of around $16 TRILLION doesn't piss you off.
Or that your debt pile is so big your grandchildren are already in debt before they are born!
But Apple and it's profits does?
- willtim 7y agoI am not American, but if I was, much of the above would also upset me. But you are invoking a straw man, my point was that Apple should pay more tax (especially to Europe), not solve all the worlds problems. I get that you don't care.
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- _Understated_ 7y agoApologies for assuming you were from the US but I hear this from Americans quite a lot about their tech giants. I wasn't trying to create a strawman but I stand by my argument as counter to yours. Tax isn't a moral issue. It's a financial one. Also, it's not that I don't care but I stand by my assessment: If you increase Apple's costs, the consumers will pay it. You are basically taxing the consumers. It makes no sense to have corporation tax. Edit: changed my argument a bit.