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   ConserveGov said, 1 day ago

   Even with my IPad retina display, Ted’s drawing still looks crappy as usual.
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   Xabulba said, 1 day ago

   @ConserveGov

   A crappy drawing still doesn’t compare to a crappy company.
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   4my10851cs said, 1 day ago

   if Apple “Dodged” taxes they would be put in jail.. If you don’t like the tax plan then change it
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   narrowminded said, about 22 hours ago

   @4my10851cs

   That’s not the way it is in America today. Not paying all the taxes you can is a sin to the left. We must be happy paying the highest tax possible. Soon all of our money will flow thru Washington.
   The beast must be fed.
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   Tue Elung-Jensen said, about 22 hours ago

   Its like people being accused of abusing mechanics in games while they are just being inventive with whats allready there. You need ways to tax, so people can´t get “caught” in between countries.
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   vwdualnomand said, about 22 hours ago

   siri, how can i dodge taxes?
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   SavannahJim said, about 20 hours ago

   Doesn’t take a Genius…
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   Genome Project said, about 20 hours ago

   @vwdualnomand

   Good One!
   
   
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   Harleyquinn said, about 20 hours ago

   Apple paid what 6 billion, legally? That is like what 2% of our general budget. They paid the bill that was given to them. So Ted Tell me again how this is like the guy who did not pay his bill? This is more like pre existing conditions in the Obamacare. Or maybe GM or GE don’t pay their bill and Obama gives them money and sweet heart deal to put charging station in the middle east for the Volt.
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    Ted Rall said, about 19 hours ago

    @4my10851cs

    Agreed. US tax laws ought to be changed so that companies who owe their wealth to access to the US market pay a substantial portion of that wealth into the US treasury.

    Also: “evaded” would be illegal. “Dodged” is what they did.
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    Ted Rall said, about 19 hours ago

    @narrowminded

    You have a point there, too. On the one hand, Apple is scummy. On the other hand, every dollar they evade is one less dollar used to murder Muslims with drones.
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    Ted Rall said, about 19 hours ago

    @Harleyquinn

    If you follow the news, it’s pretty clear that Apple has been especially aggressive in tax avoidance. It seems that what they’ve done is probably technically legal. But it’s on the edge of what’s right. When you’re as rich as Apple – a company that doesn’t even provide customer service for its overpriced products – the least you could do is pay your taxes.
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    michael pokrivnak said, about 19 hours ago

    @4my10851cs

    First in order to change anything is the current USA you have to buy back the politicians from the likes of Monsanto, The NRA and Grover to name just a few of the biggest criminals.
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    Ted Rall said, about 19 hours ago

    Apple, a $500 billion company, employs a mere 47,000 employees. GM, worth 1/3 as much, employs 5 times as many. In other words, Apple is a vampire corporation that sucks cash out of the economy, while returning only 1/15th of the jobs a traditional company of the same size would provide. And they don’t even want to pay taxes to cover the unemployment benefits needed for the job losses they’re causing.
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    ghostkeeper said, about 19 hours ago

    I don’t care for Apple getting away with as much tax avoidance and dodging as it can, but! It is obscene that the government has so castrated itself as to set up the rules so that Apple can dodge taxes!
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