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El Reg reports
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: 5, Interesting) by Snotnose on Monday April 25 2016, @11:10PM
Yeah, you would, wouldn't you? You "taxation is theft" guys crack me up. If you don't want your money being used for things like roads and not-feces-in-drinking-water, go somewhere where they don't do that. Try Somalia; I hear you can do what you want 'cause a pirate is free.
I don't mind paying taxes for roads and clean drinking water. I do have a problem with paying taxes for the NSA spying on me, the F35 and F22 boondoggles, the whole idea that less than 50% of citizens pay any taxes at all. Not to mention the huge bureaucracy the federal government has become, with multiple agencies regulating the same things, all with 15 years out of date technology.
Way back when when WWW was new there was a website that said "balance the US budget", then gave you several options on taxes to raise and things to cut. I didn't even put a lot of thought into it, just minor things I thought were common sense, and I went from a deficit to a surplus.
IMHO, you can take 10 random people off the street who live within their means, give them a year, and they'll balance the federal budget. The downside? A lot of sacred cows will get slaughtered and a lot of congresscritters will probably lose their jobs. Oh, did I say downside? I meant upside.
I came. I saw. I forgot why I came.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 26 2016, @02:10AM
I think we all agree on that. The problem is that if the current gov structure has less money, which budget do you think they'll cut - the one helping us or the one lining their friends' pockets? The fuck the proles budgets will last as long as the current government exists, so let's first talk about how we get the traitors out of office, then once we have a truly representative and responsive government, we can talk about where to increase spending, where to decrease spending and whether to shift the tax burden.