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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by geofft on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @03:17PM (#16171381)
> Having been poor, then living on $750/month in US for many years, a $1000 bonus is not life changing but also not laughable.

But for rich and poor alike, a layoff is definitely life-changing....

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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by rdtsc on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @10:45PM (#16174517)
> But for rich and poor alike, a layoff is definitely life-changing....

Agree there, no doubt, most people would rather have a job than a $1000 bonus. But what does that mean in this context? Should Walmart keep those 60 Sam's Club stores open at a loss to avoid laying people off? Should the government subsidize them? Maybe it should break apart Amazon because a lot of those location will become e-distribution centers.

What would you have done. How would you have saved those Sam's Clubs workers? I am curious, not being sarcastic or tricky? I'd suggest breaking Amazon into regional companies like they did with AT&T. Or maybe breaking AWS away from Amazon-retail business.

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