Saturday, August 10, 2013

Rotten apple

We all know that US companies use every tax-dodge there is, profiting billions while tucking vast sums of money in speck-island banks. Apple is just one such corporate looter:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/business/making-companies-pay-taxes-the-mccain-way.html?pagewanted=all&gwh=C5380FB4EFBCD8B358D840FB0768DCF0


But, that doesn't stop these same companies from turning loose an army of lawyers and tying up our court rooms at great expense every time the wind tussles their hair:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/09/us-apple-samsung-patent-idUSBRE9780QP20130809


Taken together how are companies like Apple anything but a drain on the US economy? Shouldn't we say that without taxation there is no representation, and that if you want to shirk all of your responsibilities we will shirk all of our duties?


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