[olezip]

From Rush Limbaugh: “Apple paid $6 billion last year to the US Treasury. To put that in perspective, that’s $16 million a day Apple paid in taxes. Apple pays 2.5% of all income tax collected by the US Treasury.”

The point is that politicians do not like facts that might interfere with their preconceived notions. Facts that might put the issue in perspective.

[9YearLurker]

Yes, $6B comes out to roughly $16M per day, but $6B is not 2.5% of the $1.5T in income taxes that the treasury collects each year, it is less than half a percent thereof. (Still significant, of course, nonetheless.)

[Christie at the beach]

->Apple paid $6 billion last year to the US Treasury. To put that in perspective, that’s $16 million a day Apple paid in taxes. Apple pays 2.5% of all income tax collected by the US Treasury.”

If this is so, it proves McCain is being a true democrat. He is usually on the wrong end of most issues.