Posts by frankie

Quote: Originally Posted by Splash-reverse Do you think every single Android, Motorola etc American user base would dump their phones and buy iPhone just because it is made in the USA? I don't think so. That ship (local manufacturing)...

Quote: Originally Posted by garethmiller I have read this site for a long time (amongst many others) but this is the first time I have felt like signing up to say anything. I am baffled by many of the posts on this thread but I learnt...

Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody I try to stay away from these pinhead "American" threads, but it has to be at least noted that what you are pushing here is pure bullshit ideology. Facts are facts. The rich...

Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer What a bunch of BS. The Effective Corporate Tax Rate is the lowest in the world, here in the States. If you can't seem to hire more staff than either you choose not to or you have incompetent...

Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich "The rich could be less rich"? That is a very slippery slope. How rich is rich? How much must you, via the force of government, steal from the rich in order to "right" all of...

The facts are in... in America, the rich have gotten richer, and at the same time the middle class and poor are now poorer. All I'm saying is that maybe the rich could maybe be less rich, only have 100 million in savings instead of 10...

Quote: Originally Posted by Patranus Its pretty simple - the "rich" create wealth. While it may appear that the "poor" control less wealth in terms of the overall percentage they control, the entire pie is a lot...

Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Not true - the main reason to go to China is cheap labour not taxes, or whatever regulation you think is causing the problem. I doubt if most of Apple's tax is paid in the US, anyway. Yup. Agreed...

Quote: Originally Posted by Patranus The middle class actually control more wealth now then they did 30 years ago when adjusted for inflation. A common mistake by the "progressive" is that the "rich" gets...

Quote: Originally Posted by BrooksT Seriously? Apple contracts 400,000 people... at one single factory in China. Total employment is around 1,000,000 people. Where in the U.S. do you propose to put that? What do you think wages will...