Posts by RichL

Quote: Originally Posted by isaidso  So how do the countries who do have good roads, good education, good transportation, do it?   Mainly through higher taxation. The Nordic countries come at the very top...

Quote: Originally Posted by thebudda  The government did not contribute a damn thing to their research, development, investments, planning, production or marketing and sales of products.   What have the...

Quote: Originally Posted by SockRolid    Ah yes.  The infamous Red Ring of Death.  The main reason why Xbox lost $$$ billions for years. The division is finally above a break-even run rate,...

Looking forward to it. I've had my Xbox 360 so long that all of my controllers are onto their second or third rechargeable battery pack. Gaming is one of the few areas where Microsoft is doing well.

Cool. I hope that the Airport Extreme is updated at the same time!

Quote: Originally Posted by EWTHeckman  Each government sets its own tax rates to meet its own needs. Ireland's government is apparently frugal with the money it takes in set its rate too low and brankrupted...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin   Keep going, there's more tax havens than that. They're going full diversionary on this one.   Oh, like, say Luxembourg? 

Make extraordinary profits, pay extraordinary tax. It's not rocket science.

Quote: Originally Posted by ChiA    How ironic, have you tested the IQ of most people in this forum? Otherwise you're just as guilty of demeaning posters' IQs as the original poster was demeaning...

Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal  If Apple sells a product overseas, they are paying taxes to the country it was sold in.   Probably not actually. Apple tend to move their money through tax havens like...