Re:Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become the most valuable ...
by hpen on Friday July 31, 2020 @10:16PM
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Do you mean 10 Billion or zero?
Re:Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become the most valuable ...
by Alupis on Saturday August 01, 2020 @12:48AM
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If people can be ok getting a small piece, sure. But, from the looks of it, many are unhappy with that amount, let alone something like 20%.
Re:Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become the most valuable ...
by skinnymuch on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:48AM
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$200B is the full amount. Not 20%. The OP said do you mean $10B because of it being 5% of $200B
Re:Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become the most valuable ...
by Alupis on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:57PM
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Apple will spend the $200 Billion here domestically, if they can bring the money home.
I'm not, personally, very concerned with giving another $10 Billion to the US Government. It's a small amount in the scheme of things.
However, getting $200 Billion injected into the local economy would have a profound effect.
Re:Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become the most valuable ...
by hpen on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:29PM
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You're too optimistic that the money will be injected in the local economy. Apple clearly doesn't know what to do with all of it
Re:Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become the most valuable ...
by Alupis on Monday August 03, 2020 @03:30PM
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Perhaps. The bigger point was, getting Apple to spend the money here in the US has far more benefits than holding out for an inconsequential amount of one-time tax revenue.
Cutting off your nose to spite your face, sort of thing.
Right now, we get zero, and I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be able to come up with some way to compel them to give us a sinlge penny of it.