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Woz: All Companies Should Pay 50 Percent in Taxes

posted by n1 on Monday April 25 2016, @06:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the render-unto-caesar dept.

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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.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 26 2016, @07:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 26 2016, @07:14AM (#337361)

    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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 26 2016, @09:57AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 26 2016, @09:57AM (#337398)

    [vox.com]
    a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Madison

    So, another smart graybeard.

    .
    I bookmarked this the other day.
    All Other Industrialized Nations Pay Less & Get More Health Care [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [wemeantwell.com]
    Detached images:
    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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