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  • Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Yeah, applying psychology to the understanding of human activity is very original. Using psychology as a replacement for economics is not only original, it's just stupid. Sorry, but there's no other way …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram You are selectively quoting facts and overgeneralizing, perhaps to serve your political point of view. Much of Europe -- Germany, France, Northern Europe -- are less indebted than the US. Moreover, the d…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Economics as theory applied by politicians has become worthless. The economic policies of this country over the last 30 years, including tax policy, have failed spectacularly, and shown to be utterly wrong i…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy The same Warren Buffett who takes the bulk of his wealth from investment income which carries a low capital gains tax rate? If he was so concerned with the rich not paying their fair share, he can start with h…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Nairb Warren Buffet and Bill Gates On Why U.S. Taxes Are Too Low For The Wealthy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVOwaMWewGY An interesting interview. Thank you. I have to admit it didn't sway me though, for tw…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Read a psychology textbook, they are classic experiments. Do you have any actual studies to back up your "Just So" fairy tale? No, because there is no supporting evidence. Well, I was hoping for an econom…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by MacRulez And Al Gore is on Apple's BoD. Al Gore holds no political office. The point is not whether or not Steve Jobs is a liberal. He most certainly is and it's fairly safe to assume that most of the folks worki…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse One could make just as plausible an argument that, because many people who are actually making lots of money by "working" are driven to do this simply because they want to accumulate as much wealth as possib…
  • Depends on how you look at things, I suppose... You could just as easily say these are part of the DoJ hounding Apple. For example... Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy DoJ was already investigating Apple for "bullying record labels" to reje…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram This is incredible. While it's certainly within the realm of reasonableness for the DoJ to address actual anticompetitive behavior, preempting sensible business strategy by successful companies in the na…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by LTMP I found the correct 2008 numbers (mean income instead of median) at http://www.census.gov/compendia/stat...es/11s0689.xls 117,181,000 households Mean household income: $68,424 (incidentally, the lowest it had …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Beauty of Bath Presumably Microsoft is banned completely because of its illegal track record? Microsoft was banned from buying Novell patents, not Nortel patents. That may have to do with Microsoft trying to torpedo…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by LTMP "In 2006, the "real" (adjusted for inflation) median annual household income rose 1.3% to $50,233.00 according to the Census Bureau" So that would mean that the total income in the US in 2006 (the most recent n…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by crees! Do you know that "raising taxes on the wealthy" is only political class warfare. Also rings hollow when CEO of GE, which paid $0.00 in taxes and was a major donor to Obama, chairs the Obama's Jobs Council. …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Jonamac Why does the 'open source community' always have to assume the very worst motives of large corporations like Apple. Maybe it's justified, but let's not just assume the worst. I believe Microsoft once hoped t…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer So what. Several of those top donors won't be there in 2012 because they won't like the necessity of streamlining the Military, redundant health services, and especially the need to raise taxes on the wealt…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider According to people familiar with the matter, the DOJ hasn't found "major competitive issues" with Google, which has set the opening bid for the patents. However, reviewers reportedly have "greater concern…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by EmperorsNewClothes Shaw Wu is a sell-side analyst, and what people should remember is that their job is not to provide accurate forecasts or predictions, but to say anything that favours the company they work for or th…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Blastdoor My guess as to what that strategy is --- sell a "cheap" iPhone with very low capacity at a very low subsidized price, but then make money off of a monthly iCloud subscription fee. That iCloud subscription wo…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism You're comparing digital book sales to a HW device. That's even more foolish than comparing a free OS to a HW sale. I bet Apple sells more iBookstore books than iPads despite it being a separate app that n…