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• Quote: Originally Posted by Patranus I know "poor" people who were born into "poor" families. I know "poor" people who were born into "rich" families. I know "rich" people who were born into "poor" families. I know "rich" people who were bor…

  in Apple's $76B in cash reserves surpass US government operating balance Comment by landoke July 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram I do, however, believe that the wrong time to cut is now -- that simply takes demand out of the economy when it's still teetering. We do need a credible long-term deficit reduction plan. I disagree wi…

  in Apple's $76B in cash reserves surpass US government operating balance Comment by landoke July 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by kozchris just have majority vote Careful with that: We're a republic, not a democracy. There's a big difference. Our founding fathers were very clear that majority rule = mob rule, and is just as oppressive as an…

  in Apple's $76B in cash reserves surpass US government operating balance Comment by landoke July 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram I am always happy to have my taxes cut, regardless of reason or season. But are you happy to have the services cut too? Buh-bye police, courts, roads, airports... This is the problem a lot of peopl…

  in Apple's $76B in cash reserves surpass US government operating balance Comment by landoke July 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by Zapf Brannigan Welfare programs used to be about temporary relief, and that is exactly what is wrong with your misguided progressive mindset: that our government is somehow responsible for permanently propping up able-…

  in Apple's $76B in cash reserves surpass US government operating balance Comment by landoke July 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by Patranus Yup. We are paying people to do nothing while the country falls apart. Yep, they're called CEOs. Quote: Same thing goes with prisons. These people violated the social contract and now they get to sit …

  in Apple's $76B in cash reserves surpass US government operating balance Comment by landoke July 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by Patranus The top 10% pay 70% of all federal income tax receipts. http://ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html Not really sure how any taxpayer can defend a system where we spend a trillion dollars a year to…

  in Apple's $76B in cash reserves surpass US government operating balance Comment by landoke July 2011
• This of course misses a big fact, highlighted this week in the WWDC Keynote: iOS controls 44% of mobile OS marketshare, vs. Android at 28%. Apple's smart enough to understand that mobile ≠*only smartphones.

  in IDC revises 2015 smartphone estimates, predicts iPhone will drop to 16.9% Comment by landoke June 2011