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George II

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10. Not you, but GMAFB! That from a guy who gave all of $18,000 on almost $600,000 income in 2018....
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 11:22 PM
Nov 2019

How petty.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Let's Not Do Anything Then Me. Nov 2019 #1
Exactly.. it's bizarre! Cha Nov 2019 #3
Great Minds? Me. Nov 2019 #5
Oh well Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #31
Sort of like Bernie grudgingly backing Hillary's health care effort in 94. Blue_true Nov 2019 #59
Agreed! Rebl2 Nov 2019 #12
Wow.. Thanks Apple! They're actually doing IT. Cha Nov 2019 #2
A lot of voters will ask why Bernie hates American business so much? TexasTowelie Nov 2019 #6
I know! What are they Cha Nov 2019 #9
Business and "Wall Street". Yet, if you look at his Senate financial filings, you'll see.... George II Nov 2019 #14
Not only that... guess who his biggest seller/distributor is for his books. NurseJackie Nov 2019 #40
Yes, if Amazon is so bad, why sell your books there? Not very ... um ... authentic. betsuni Nov 2019 #41
Is it a river in Brazil? George II Nov 2019 #52
Another plan that will never be adopted. nt TexasTowelie Nov 2019 #4
I read Bernie's statement ritapria Nov 2019 #7
Apple is investing $2.5B in housing in California. Why is he accusing Apple of "creating".... George II Nov 2019 #15
And, $2.5 Billion is now Cha Nov 2019 #18
I wish I had $2.5 billion worth of "pennies"! George II Nov 2019 #19
It's so ridiculous to call Billions "pennies" Cha Nov 2019 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author rainy Nov 2019 #33
So, Apple has invested 10% of it's profits in affordable housing? Good for them! LongtimeAZDem Nov 2019 #46
$2.5B is enough to BUY 5,000 decent 2 bedroom/2bathroom condos lapfog_1 Nov 2019 #8
Not you, but GMAFB! That from a guy who gave all of $18,000 on almost $600,000 income in 2018.... George II Nov 2019 #10
Crumbs... billpolonsky Nov 2019 #11
More "crumbs" than anyone else, including the one that is bashing Apple for doing this. George II Nov 2019 #16
It's hardly a crumb ritapria Nov 2019 #17
No it's $2.5 Billion $$$$ which the people who Cha Nov 2019 #20
Like the crumbs Sanders donated to charity last year? Those crumbs? oldsoftie Nov 2019 #24
Sanders announces his "Housing for All" plan in September and now Apple announces this. betsuni Nov 2019 #13
I am a tad confused here. sheshe2 Nov 2019 #21
What's Amazon got to do with this? You mean Apple? lostnfound Nov 2019 #37
Apple put the money up. Blue_true Nov 2019 #60
Oh BS Lithos Nov 2019 #23
Even earlier. Go way back to founding of Stanford U. Always a hub of innovation in multiple emmaverybo Nov 2019 #28
Sorry, Bernie, but Rep Omar just stopped your progress with her remarks at your rally oldsoftie Nov 2019 #25
Bernie runs on anger-fuel. Maybe anger is his inspiration. But so misplaced here. Celebrate emmaverybo Nov 2019 #26
Apple does a good deed and Bernie is pissed. Pretty strange by my reckoning. comradebillyboy Nov 2019 #27
Yes! Yes! emmaverybo Nov 2019 #29
Excellent point, comradebillyboy! Cha Nov 2019 #32
who but Bernie... myohmy2 Nov 2019 #30
big tech moves in displacing low wage earners who still need their jobs rainy Nov 2019 #34
"Google and Apple choose crowded very hip cities to move into" crazytown Nov 2019 #36
Apples growth in San Francisco has absolutely rainy Nov 2019 #38
And eBay, Facebook, Google, Oracle, Netflix, Paypal, Tesla and Twitter crazytown Nov 2019 #48
It became a tech hub. I never blamed Apple rainy Nov 2019 #50
"Does that make sense to you?" crazytown Nov 2019 #51
One of the problems that I see with the Bay Area Blue_true Nov 2019 #65
The image you described happens all over the country. Blue_true Nov 2019 #64
Cities are dynamic. They always will be. brooklynite Nov 2019 #53
True, but one problem is city leaders typically do a poor Blue_true Nov 2019 #66
Agreed: I teach a class on this at NYU brooklynite Nov 2019 #69
Apple has been there since the early 70s. Blue_true Nov 2019 #63
Don't blow of the fantasy of the evil Corp parachuting into happy-land and screwing things up. Blue_true Nov 2019 #62
The phenomenon is being repeated in Austin, Texas dalton99a Nov 2019 #49
Obsurd. Blue_true Nov 2019 #61
"Ev'ry time it rains, it rains pennies from Apples" oasis Nov 2019 #35
Leave the billionaires alone!!!11 RandiFan1290 Nov 2019 #39
But millionaires are okay. betsuni Nov 2019 #42
I'm sure they are RandiFan1290 Nov 2019 #43
Isn't Sanders a one percent earner? TidalWave46 Nov 2019 #45
Apple is donating $2.5 BILLION $$$ for Affordable Housing Cha Nov 2019 #54
Since Sanders has hit the national stage.... TidalWave46 Nov 2019 #44
Absolutely. Cha Nov 2019 #55
+1 betsuni Nov 2019 #56
Bernie has a burn it down mindset, without thinking deeply with what he will replace it with. Blue_true Nov 2019 #67
So, Bernie Sanders is opposed to paying employees a living salary... brooklynite Nov 2019 #47
"Keeping a quarter trillion dollars of profit offshore Hav Nov 2019 #57
Bernie is calling out things that need to be called out. Joe941 Nov 2019 #58
I disagree. If you want to know why, I have posted several times in this thread. Blue_true Nov 2019 #68
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