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Re:Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People by d_burfoot on Thursday December 22, 2016 @10:52PM (#13242703)
Yes, and even if you ignore philanthropy, the tech industry generates enormous amounts of tax revenue, which is supposed to be spent by the government to help improve the lives of "everyday people and indigent people".

A question people don't ask enough is: given that we give vast trillions of dollars to the government, most of which is spent on various kinds of social programs (health care, education, social security, etc), why is there STILL so much poverty, joblessness, homelessness, drug use, crime, and other kinds of suffering in the US?

Re:Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People by pinaceae on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:33PM (#13245951)
so Apple, Google all pay full taxes in Cali? all profits booked into HQ?

wow, they're awesome.