Posts by Smallwheels

Thirty years ago Sony meant something in the audio equipment world. It is interesting that it is rare for me to see any dedicated audio equipment in anybodies house these days. I've got an old receiver and power amp that I never use. All...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    So shoving out updates is "innovation"? Go away, Samsung.     No. It hasn't. Shut up.   Not really, no. They make...

Fairtax.org Nobody pays taxes until they purchase something at retail. No businesses pay taxes either. Nobody below the poverty line pays any taxes. The actual rates go down for most people with this plan. The only people who pay 3% more...

Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark  Why should Apple be the only company to make revolutionary products? Apple rarely is on the bleeding edge of spec tech. Apple charges a "premium" because it controls all the...

Quote: Originally Posted by 512ke  I think it's great Apple is bringing manufacturing back to the USA.  Kudos.   I rip on Apple for a lack of new products and services when compared to Google and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Frood    Suppose you had $100billion in a bank in the Bahamas, but in order to get that money inside the US, it would be taxed.   Now suppose you want $17billion...

Someone please explain to me how offering bonds that must be repaid to the buyers will get the $100 billion in value that is parked overseas back to the USA without being taxed.

What is it that requires a Mac Pro other than movie editing? I see that Dell and HP sell monster machines with Xenon processors. There are movie editing programs that work on Windows and Linux. Just this month Red Shark released its...

Until the stock market returns to evaluating stocks purely on their dividends it will continue to be a casino. Wouldn't it be more fun to just go to a casino on the days you're feeling lucky?

US production would be a way to prevent such big mistakes. Even just US assembly would be better than nothing.   When is the US assembly plant for the unnamed icomputer going to be ready?