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• New and improved tax reform to make sure our profitable corporations pay less in taxes than people do.

  in As Apple's offshore cash pile reaches $190B, US Congress moves closer to multinational tax reform Comment by badika July 2015
• I know you see a logic in borrowing money to distribute profits. Kudos to you. When Steve was not still dead he kept his team focused on marketing and innovation, not playing money games with the profits.

  in Apple gearing up for sale of seven-part bond to fund share buybacks and dividends Comment by badika July 2015
• You are joking, right? Their effective tax rate on repatriated profits is way less than your top marginal rate. Do you think Apple does not benefit directly from safely shipping your iPhone or Mac Air by sea or air from its Chinese factories to your…

  in Apple gearing up for sale of seven-part bond to fund share buybacks and dividends Comment by badika July 2015
• Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd  Really? Why isn't that paid for out of his own salary. I read "cash-out" as that he this in lieu of vacation days he didn't use.

  in Apple CEO Tim Cook doubled pay to $9.2M in 2014, Angela Ahrendts led execs with $73.3M Comment by badika January 2015
• Quote: Originally Posted by plovell    Keep in mind, though, that those billions were earned by "abroad money". Not by U.S. money.    That's worth remembering. You're kidding, right? Tens of thousands of American expats and thousands of non-tax a…

  in Apple shares reach new peak as company gears up to pay investors $2.8 billion in dividends Comment by badika November 2014
• You're kidding, right? Tens of thousands of expats and thousands of non-tax avoiding businesses pay taxes on money earned abroad. We believe we need governments to support us in doing business and in keeping us safe.

  in Apple shares reach new peak as company gears up to pay investors $2.8 billion in dividends Comment by badika November 2014
• Apple cannot afford to pay us taxes on its billions abroad, yet it can afford to pay dividends to shareholders. There would be no safe shipping if it weren't for our military and other infrastructure. Shame.

  in Apple shares reach new peak as company gears up to pay investors $2.8 billion in dividends Comment by badika November 2014
• "we'll take our plant somewhere else if you don't give us tax breaks." "we'll not repatriate our profits if you don't give us tax breaks." Despite all the long term infrastructure, from education of its employees to the military patrolling the ski…

  in Apple's Arizona sapphire plant clears another regulatory hurdle Comment by badika November 2013
• In Japan, typically a carrier will entice you with a free iPhone, the cheapest model, to get you sign up, providing you are starting a new contract. Is the writer saying that Chinese carriers will drop their current method and adopt the Japanese m…

  in Apple's iPhone 5s and 5c to receive significant subsidies from Chinese carriers Comment by badika September 2013
• Wonderful news, as it appears people are not as stupid as Adobe wants them to be.   What Adobe giveth, Adobe can taketh away. $10 today, $100 tomorrow.

  in Adobe cuts Photoshop CC to $10 a month for Creative Suite users, throws in Lightroom for free Comment by badika September 2013