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Good link! I missed that one, though I remember that particular bunch of lobbying!
Pholus
Mar 2012
#8
So that they can continue to have access to our copyright/TM and legal protections
leveymg
Mar 2012
#5
They should definitely let the Chinese protect their intellectual property rights.
shcrane71
Mar 2012
#15
It's potential leverage over the multinationals, and should be used as such by the federal gov't
leveymg
Mar 2012
#19
Why should they , if tarrifs for moving someting into China is 20% and moving someting into the U S
RDANGELO
Mar 2012
#6
Doing Apple's work for free is probably the only way to repatriate their manufacturing.
Liberal Veteran
Mar 2012
#18
I dunno. It's cheaper if you work em to death for free then harvest their organs too.
Pholus
Mar 2012
#65
Don't forget to take a bonus if you take out "Dead Peasants Insurance" first.
Liberal Veteran
Mar 2012
#70
With free trade policies currently in place, the answer is most definitely no.
Selatius
Mar 2012
#24
This is why I favor competitive tariffs, as opposed to exorbitantly high ones.
Selatius
Mar 2012
#34
That tariff sounds like the Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922 (the 'scientific tariff')
pampango
Mar 2012
#87
I would say gross income inequality was due to a lack of market regulation, not tariffs.
Selatius
Mar 2012
#129
It is a single source, indeed, but playing with the numbers sounds kind of reasonable...
Pholus
Mar 2012
#69
I assume you will now stop posting and using the internet because the machine
former9thward
Mar 2012
#39
If they want to continue to lay claim to being the first viable PC, they should make stuff here.
HopeHoops
Mar 2012
#31
OK, fine. Move the company to China and slap a huge fucking import tariff
Dreamer Tatum
Mar 2012
#56
I'll tell you why, because basically your question was asked in order to defend Apples's activities.
bluesbassman
Mar 2012
#117
Why? Because it was, in significant part, built on taxpayer provided infratstructure
cali
Mar 2012
#104
They can build wherever the hell they like. Just don't expect generosity from the tax man.
2ndAmForComputers
Mar 2012
#112
Because they moved out of the US while we were their biggest market, that's why.
Zalatix
Mar 2012
#119
Chinese growth compared to "the decline of American Exceptionalism" right Tesha?
Pholus
Mar 2012
#127
Until fair wages, fair profits and fair trade become the rule, not the exception for the world
JCMach1
Mar 2012
#130
500% was hyperbole, but it is no joke with some Chineses products sold in America...
JCMach1
Mar 2012
#142
You're good, but Hannah still managed these kinds of things better. Practice makes perfect!
apocalypsehow
Mar 2012
#137