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36. wow... talk about getting wrapped up in semantics

Fri May 24, 2013, 05:07 AM

May 2013

but how is it hypocrisy if the company's purpose is to make money for its investors? and to use the tax code to their advantage to do so? never once has apple claimed it was in business to give money to the gov't. and while they market their product to the hip, socially conscious crowd, the aim of that marketing is to make money.

i dare say not many would not invest in a company that left $35 billion on the table at tax time... that would border on malfeasance. i very much support changing the laws... but until such time unless the company is breaking the law, they are just doing what companies do... making money for their investors. if we're to get bent out of shape over companies following the law then we need to change the law.

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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

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