And I've challenged you to prove it, beyond innuendo and rumor. Apple, as a company has not made large political donations or involved itself in politics. For many years it did not even maintain a large lobbying presence in Washington. It has come under ATTACK by Liberal organizations such as Greenpeace in the past for not doing enough.
Just last year, Apple was attacked by Liberal senators for not paying their "Fair share of taxes," which was more of an attack because they don't donate much to liberal politicians. . . to the point that Apple was accused of paying ZERO TAXES when in fact they paid more US Income Taxes than any other corporation, accounting for one out of every forty collected in business taxes collected in 2012. . . and having an effective tax rate of 27%.
Now, Apple is under assault by the Liberal socialists in the EU, under the same theory—Apple hasn't paid enough taxes— for the same reasons—they didn't grease the right Liberal politicians palms. They simply haven't played the political games.
When asked why Apple did not get involved in Liberal politics and donations, Steve Jobs said "because half of Apple's customers are Republicans." Jobs was a quintessential businessman first and foremost. In his meetings with Obama he told him he was running the economy into the ground and that taxes needed to be lowered on US businesses. . . As did CEO Tim Cook in his testimony before the Senate when Apple was called on the carpet.
Even Steve Jobs' political donations were minimal for a person with his wealth.
Take a look at the millions donated to gun control by Bill Gates and Steve Balmer of Microsoft just this year. . . and the money Bill and Melinda Gates are pouring into Common Core and pushing abortion. It's massive compared to anything you think Apple has done. Don't get me started on Google.
Prove it? you honestly don’t accept the near daily news articles about their donations, the TV commercials filled with social justice? The Eco campaigns? Need I go on? Are you one of 5 people on the planet that somehow missed them?
Just what DO you require for proof? WHAT?
From slate
“Google may have won the day with its rainbow Easter egg, but it wasn’t the only tech giant publicly signaling support for the decision. Apple, which rarely comments publicly on anything, made an exception in this case, issuing a statement to AllThingsD’s Mike Isaac: “Apple strongly supports marriage equality and we consider it a civil rights issue. We applaud the Supreme Court for its decisions today.”
Apple on the environment/globasl warming
https://www.apple.com/environment/
Apple on immigration issues
http://www.cnet.com/news/obama-opposes-silicon-valley-firms-on-immigration-reform/
So far left that even Barry said no on this one.
Yup. Hard right clingers they are.
Yea, and when apple went to buy Beats, it was cheaper for them to take out a loan for $3.2B than reapatriate their own cash held overseas.