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Steve Wozniak has spoken out against Apple's tax affairs, saying all companies ought to pay 50 per cent in taxes.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live he said: "I don't like the idea that Apple might be unfair--not paying taxes the way I do as a person.
"I do a lot of work, I do a lot of travel and I pay over 50 per cent of anything I make in taxes and I believe that's part of life and you should do it."
Asked if Apple should pay that amount, he replied: "Every company in the world should."
According to Woz, money was never a factor when he started the biz with Steve Jobs 40 years ago. He added: "Steve Jobs started Apple Computers for money, that was his big thing and that was extremely important and critical and good."
Europe is currently scrutinising Ireland's tax arrangements with Apple over an alleged sweetheart deal with the company. Some have speculated the probe could lead to Apple paying $8bn in back taxes, even though the case is against the Irish government.
(Score: 3, Informative) by frojack on Monday April 25 2016, @07:35PM
Woz wasn't referring to the corporate income tax.
I do a lot of work, I do a lot of travel and I pay over 50 per cent of anything I make in taxes
He is talking about the total tax burden, federal, state, local. In his bracket these probably do add up to 50%.
Typical workers in the European Union saw their average “real tax rate” rise again this year, from 45.06% in 2013 to 45.27% in 2014. So its not just a US federal tax rate issue, and its not local only to the US.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 25 2016, @11:32PM
Can't imagine how you got marked "Informative" when you left out most of the story.
In the social democracies of Europe, you pay your taxes and you get your services.
Health care is gratis or low-cost.
Education is gratis or low-cost.
Their militaries aren't sized as if they need to fend off the whole world at once.
I'm sure someone will correct me here if I'm wrong but their police departments aren't oversized in order to enforce ridiculous Jim Crow-type laws.
...meanwhile, in the USA, health care "reform" has mandated payments to insurance companies (i.e. middlemen who don't actually provide any health care).
In the USA, not only has gratis education been made extinct (thanks, Ronnie Raygun), bankruptcy law was altered so that ONE item alone was put on the cannot-discharge-this list: student debt.
USA.gov is still pissing away 54 percent of discretionary spending on militarism/imperialism--for boondoggles like the F-35.
...and hasn't even won one of its "wars" since 1945.
USA has thugs for police and Special Prosecutors haven't been instituted anywhere to deal with the rash of abusive cops.
...and even when those deviates--who use children for target practice--are actually -charged-, they get off Scot-free.
A recent example: The dark-stairwell shooter cop.
A NYC Cop is Charged for the Fatal Shooting of an Unarmed Black Man [soylentnews.org]
No Prison Time for NYPD Officer Who Killed Unarmed Man then Texted Union Rep Instead of Helping [reason.com]
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 26 2016, @07:14AM
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/8/11380356/swedish-taxes-love [vox.com]
My wife and I have been dividing our time between jobs in Sweden and Wisconsin for the past dozen years, and I'm here to tell you that taxes in Sweden are not that high. To my surprise, I found that there are lots of things to love about the Swedish tax system. Swedish taxes are easy to pay, rational, and efficient. Best of all, rather than take away opportunities, Swedish taxes expand them.
You bunch should start voting out the crap (and don't vote for Trump, he's a bigger liar than the other candidates!). If you want to vote for someone really different go vote for Jill Stein or something, not Trump. Even if the "outsiders" never win if they start getting enough votes to be scary the Two Parties will try to adopt some of the policies. That's how it works.
Don't play the stupid "game theory" stuff and always vote for "lesser evil of the two" which is the optimal if there's only one election. Go for lesser evil if the option is some guy who is likely to become a Dictator and abolish elections, or if lesser evil is the only alternative - e.g. the independents/outsiders aren't much better.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 26 2016, @09:57AM
[vox.com]
a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Madison
So, another smart graybeard.
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I bookmarked this the other day.
All Other Industrialized Nations Pay Less & Get More Health Care [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [wemeantwell.com]
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USAians are so clueless about how good they have it Re: taxes [forbes.com]
USA is clearly NOT among the "advanced" nations (which see after of their people's health) [theatlantic.com]
vote for Jill Stein
You mean *again*.
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