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In reply to the discussion: I think I'll sit out this episode of 2 Minutes of Hate; RE: Apple, Inc. [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)21. "Apple broke no law", you can't say that with any more authority than the people on the other
side can say Apple broke the law. You don't know that, they don't know that, and the fact is that neither Apple nor the IRS can say that either, and that's the root of all of this.
Within the 73,600+ pages of the 2012 U.S. Tax Code exist hundreds or even thousands of contradictory provisions. How do you think these giant paper people get away with paying no taxes on what are literally inconceivable profits?
And to use Orwell to rationalize your bias it is beyond ironic.
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I think I'll sit out this episode of 2 Minutes of Hate; RE: Apple, Inc. [View all]
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2013
OP
Kudos to you randome. Your opinion is the most astute thing I've read on this forum so far.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#19
If they aren't going to change the laws to make taxpaying more fair..then STFU!!!
kelliekat44
May 2013
#5
They exploited a set of intentional loopholes to dodge their tax obligations. Just like Mitt Romney.
pa28
May 2013
#11
I don't feel like searching, but I seem to recall people wanting Romney in prison.
Dreamer Tatum
May 2013
#24
"Apple broke no law", you can't say that with any more authority than the people on the other
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#21
No we're not. However, I don't share you opinion that Congress created this because they're
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#33
I might have a little more sympathy for them if they employed more Americans...
Blue_Tires
May 2013
#26