Posts by robbyx

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970    No one would stop you from "investing in your country." You just want to force everyone else to "invest" as well.   Not just that, he wants to force...

Quote: Originally Posted by macsimcon    Apple should pay its taxes in the U.S. because it's incorporated here. Apple takes advantage of our roads, our courts. The majority of its employees are educated...

Quote: Originally Posted by RichL  Because the state provides the majority of education, law enforcement and healthcare in most civilised countries? I think it's pretty shameful that large corporations do everything...

Quote: Originally Posted by arch  If Apple is so 'innovative' in managing income tax, I don't know why they are not doing something about sales tax. If I buy a Mac or any other stuff in the US from Amazon, I do...

Quote:Originally Posted by thebudda The US has the highest corporate tax rate in the world after Japan lowered theirs 2 years ago. If I had to pay those kind of rates I'd avoid it also, especially when the US government is one of...

Quote:Originally Posted by mstone Another reason the manufacturing will never come back to the US. Apple most likely uses that foreign cash to pay for all the manufacturing essentially money laundering it and sending the finished...

Too little, too late. But this is Microsoft after all and they're not afraid to pump cash into a loser...until it's a winner. The only reason I can think that anyone would buy this is because that person simply doesn't want an iPad. ...

Quote:Originally Posted by Eriamjh According to the bio, NeXT was a disaster and burned through cash like one wouldn't believe. Jobs really did learn a lot while he was away from Apple, but he almost didn't get that far. Read a...

I'm a bit on the fence about patents. There's a fine line between drawing from the creative pool and outright copying. We need standards, especially on the hardware side, but when it comes to user experience and how features are...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    I just turned off my extensions and found that I do over a thousand. I wonder if you'll say the same about me.   Take note that insulting other...