Apple worth MORE than the GDP of Poland and Saudi Arabia.

[Pholus]

13. Too bad a bit of this money isn't used to improve the lives of the workers who made it for Apple.

Seriously. 12 hour days 13 days on 1 day off for $20/day? If Apple was such a great company who cares I would think they force foxconn to hire three workers for every two they have but pay them the same amount and reduce the hours. Since it costs $14 of labor to make an iPhone I am talking only about a $7 more but a vastly improved life for their workers.

Of course, as has been explained to me elsewhere -- this is a BUSINESS with responsibility to the stockholders. A ready made justification for the GOP core philosophy: if you CAN exploit someone for "cheap labor", you are a bleeding heart do-gooder if you don't.

I'll sign off now before I take the next obvious step in the logical train which evokes Godwin...