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Cupertino's mayor: Apple 'abuses us' by not paying taxes
The Guardian ^ | 05/05/16 | Nellie Bowles

Posted on 05/05/2016 7:28:25 AM PDT by SES1066

Getting local politicians to battle Apple is hard, Chang said. He recently proposed that Apple – which is building a massive new campus its own employees nicknamed the Death Star, or more favorably, The Spaceship – should give $100m to improve city infrastructure.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: apple; barrychang; california; cupertino; donut; greedy; sphincter; taxes; taxevasion; thesphincter
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To: SES1066

Yea, and if they want to repatriate it; it will cost them a boat load more. Why do you think they feel it’s easier, and cheaper, to borrow money locally, than it is to use their own money?

Because government is stupid.


41 posted on 05/05/2016 7:27:55 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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Steve Jobs Last TV Appearance at the Cupertino City Council (6/7/11)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06QqipaAvGY


42 posted on 05/06/2016 12:25:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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Whoops, truncated, this one is the full one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuz5OmOh_M


43 posted on 05/06/2016 12:42:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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Here’s the second link, with the time index at 11 minutes, where he talks about taxes vs city services.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuz5OmOh_M;t=660


44 posted on 05/06/2016 12:57:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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Then-councilman Barry Chang starts around about the 15 minute mark.


45 posted on 05/06/2016 1:01:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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