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Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
Wed May 22, 2013, 02:08 PM May 2013

I think I'll sit out this episode of 2 Minutes of Hate; RE: Apple, Inc. [View all]



Apple broke no law. We can't prosecute people for being "wrong" we can only prosecute for acting in ways defined by law as being illegal; otherwise we are not governed by law but caprice and envy. Frankly, I'm impressed that Apple waded into the literally tens of thousands of pages of tax law and were able to so expertly craft the shelter. They aren't to be condemned, they're to be congratulated for being one of the few entities actually able to navigate the labyrinth of contradiction, shift and incompetent construction. It's truly a marvel to behold. That the number of companies exploiting this loophole is so few is an indictment of the byzantine nightmare that is the US tax code.

What if we one day had a tax code that even the "little people" could obey too? Golly!

Congress has no business complaining because they wrote the law. They can change it but I don't believe they will. Perhaps I'm too cynical at the ripe old age of 24 but I think they fear the campaign backlash/loss of tax revenue were they to act in accordance with their professed outrage.

This is just a show for the public. Beat up a few high-profile corporate execs and then do nothing of substance. It gives the people their 2 minutes of cathartic hate and then its back to the usual tedium. I can't share the outrage over this issue because the staged farce is meant to make us outraged so that we still love our masters as they lie to our faces. They're pillorying Apple so you don't notice what incompetent stumble-bums they are as they pretend to look out for our best interests.
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Here Here !!! Spot on Uni. n/t CincyDem May 2013 #1
Applause, applause, applause!! Bake May 2013 #2
Yes, the umbrage should be reserved for those who wrote the loopholes. randome May 2013 #3
Kudos to you randome. Your opinion is the most astute thing I've read on this forum so far. Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #19
Shucks. You only say that because I'm always right. randome May 2013 #27
They broke no law because the law is broken liberal N proud May 2013 #4
If they aren't going to change the laws to make taxpaying more fair..then STFU!!! kelliekat44 May 2013 #5
can we please not do the "STFU" thing? Please. Nuclear Unicorn May 2013 #7
Which is what makes this a farce Nuclear Unicorn May 2013 #8
What if Congress brought in citizens and asked them: KurtNYC May 2013 #6
Of course the irony of what you say... RevStPatrick May 2013 #9
Yep, nailed it. n/t MadrasT May 2013 #10
They exploited a set of intentional loopholes to dodge their tax obligations. Just like Mitt Romney. pa28 May 2013 #11
Don't take the congratulatory part too literally. Nuclear Unicorn May 2013 #15
K and R Big time Savannahmann May 2013 #12
Hate the game not the player. Especially those that rig the game. Initech May 2013 #13
I have no problem being upset with Apple over this matter, none at all. Tom Rinaldo May 2013 #14
But that's the thing -- Nuclear Unicorn May 2013 #16
Brilliant!! badtoworse May 2013 #17
Using that logic Dreamer Tatum May 2013 #18
Pretty much the same.... Wounded Bear May 2013 #20
I don't feel like searching, but I seem to recall people wanting Romney in prison. Dreamer Tatum May 2013 #24
Prevailing attitudes have little bearing on written law. Nuclear Unicorn May 2013 #25
"Apple broke no law", you can't say that with any more authority than the people on the other Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #21
We may not be so far apart Nuclear Unicorn May 2013 #29
No we're not. However, I don't share you opinion that Congress created this because they're Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #33
apples big enough and ugly enough to jump to its own defense. Rise Rebel Resist May 2013 #22
To be fair, only about 40% of DUers favor the summary execution of Tim Cook. Nye Bevan May 2013 #23
I might have a little more sympathy for them if they employed more Americans... Blue_Tires May 2013 #26
Greedy, hateful, selfish, rotten bastards excoriating greedy, hateful, selfish, rotten bastards. MADem May 2013 #28
Stop busting on Apple! rightsideout May 2013 #30
"congress has no business complaining" unblock May 2013 #31
Poor widdle Apple. Fuddnik May 2013 #32
Tax Evasion- there's an app for that pitchforx May 2013 #34
Should Apple pay U.S. tax on revenue from products sold outside the U.S.? ZRT2209 May 2013 #35
Cons are roaring about this "librul" company xfundy May 2013 #36
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