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abelenkpe

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13. And cheap shoes, clothes, cars, etc etc etc. nt

Reply to raouldukelives (Reply #6)

Tue May 21, 2013, 11:38 AM

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The seven craziest findings in the US investigation of Apple’s tax avoidance practices [View all] n2doc May 2013 OP

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That battle has been lost. People prefer gadgets to human rights and stock returns to freedom. nt raouldukelives May 2013 #6

And cheap shoes, clothes, cars, etc etc etc. nt abelenkpe May 2013 #13

+1 uponit7771 May 2013 #3

Interesting stuff for future business owners to think about. simpify May 2013 #4

iEvade Chisox08 May 2013 #5

this is legal. blame the congress. bleep blorp. frylock May 2013 #7

I think it's YARGLE BARGLE BLARRRRGH! n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #31

Rand Paul jumps to Apple’s defense n2doc May 2013 #8

If Rand Paul supports a company, you know it's not a good company. Apophis May 2013 #11

Greed is nineteen50 May 2013 #9

Apple is America's largest taxpayer and it's competitors take advantage of the same tactics coldmountain May 2013 #10

Not really, one of the energy companies is probably the largest taxpayer. Rex May 2013 #18

I believe you dropped this. Heywood J May 2013 #20

apple is *not* america's largest taxpayer. HiPointDem May 2013 #24

"the other guys are doing it too" trotsky May 2013 #25

They did it first also applies coldmountain May 2013 #26

Yup, same effectiveness. trotsky May 2013 #27

The simple solution is for all adieu May 2013 #12

EU is going there. moondust May 2013 #15

It's time adieu May 2013 #16

We have our winner. Brigid May 2013 #19

I've mentioned before but it applies here. Savannahmann May 2013 #14

Awesome post. davidthegnome May 2013 #32

When the world is covered in iShit Rex May 2013 #17

Instead of hating on Apple or any other company that takes advantage of tax codes justiceischeap May 2013 #21

i hate them both. and apple went *beyond* what was provided by congress. HiPointDem May 2013 #23

so...they broke the law? nt ProdigalJunkMail May 2013 #29

i guess we'll see. HiPointDem May 2013 #30

and when it turns out that they did not? ProdigalJunkMail May 2013 #34

companies can't be 'evil'. they're not human. so stupid question. neither can laws be evil, for HiPointDem May 2013 #35

wow... talk about getting wrapped up in semantics ProdigalJunkMail May 2013 #36

once you accept the premise that a company's only or overriding purpose is to make money for HiPointDem May 2013 #37

ahhh... no point in talking to me... ProdigalJunkMail May 2013 #38

have i mistaken you for another poster who frequently uses snark and personal attack to push HiPointDem May 2013 #39

kr. apple = slave labor. their shit is not 'cool' at all. HiPointDem May 2013 #22

Like we needed another reason to hate Apple. baldguy May 2013 #28

iShit made by iSlaves n/t OhioChick May 2013 #33