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If Apple paid their taxes...

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  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    antrobus wrote: »
    I'm not that sure you can fault a company for distributing profit to its employees. After all, John Lewis similarly avoided paying corporation tax on £202.5m worth of staff bonuses last year, and no one has a bad word to say about them.

    There's a word missing from the name. John Lewis Partnership. Employees are stakeholders of the business. So are rewarded for their own contribution to the success of the business. Shame more don't follow the same structure. A far more equitable way of distributing profit.
  • CLAPTON
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    There's a word missing from the name. John Lewis Partnership. Employees are stakeholders of the business. So are rewarded for their own contribution to the success of the business. Shame more don't follow the same structure. A far more equitable way of distributing profit.

    how would you envisage forming a new start up company ?
    minimum wage employees funding the company before it has even a cent in revenue?
  • Thrugelmir
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    CLAPTON wrote: »
    how would you envisage forming a new start up company ?
    minimum wage employees funding the company before it has even a cent in revenue?

    Starts up sometimes don't even draw salaries initially. Been there myself. Reward comes with taking risk.
  • CLAPTON
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Starts up sometimes don't even draw salaries initially. Been there myself. Reward comes with taking risk.

    do you wish ALL startups to follow this pattern?


    presumably such startup are comprised only of rich people?
  • suicidebob
    suicidebob Posts: 771 Forumite
    shortchanged wrote: »
    There is no logic failure it is what it is.

    Cleverly apple have convinced people that their overpriced products are must have items. And because people have paid so much for their apple products they convince themselves they are worth paying the extortionate amount for them it's classic retail psychology. Well that and it becomes a boast my phones more expensive than yours etc.

    As I've stated many times before apple is a designer brand and status symbol.

    How come you didn't fall for the marketing? Are you too smart?

    I don't know anyone who has ever boasted their phone is more expensive. You obviously move in the wrong circles.

    You can state what you want as often as you want. It's still just a poorly-formed opinion.
  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
    suicidebob wrote: »
    How come you didn't fall for the marketing? Are you too smart?

    You got it. :)
    Why are we here?......................because we are not all there.
  • suicidebob
    suicidebob Posts: 771 Forumite
    shortchanged wrote: »
    You got it. :)

    When you're living on the breadline I totally understand the desire not to purchase premium products. You make do with what you can get.
  • Thrugelmir
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    shortchanged wrote: »
    No, apple do not make better products.

    Many of the clever inner parts are designed in the UK. ;)

    No mention on the box though.
  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
    suicidebob wrote: »
    When you're living on the breadline I totally understand the desire not to purchase premium products. You make do with what you can get.

    :rotfl: Just the sort of comment I would expect from an apple user.
    Why are we here?......................because we are not all there.
  • Thrugelmir
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    CLAPTON wrote: »

    presumably such startup are comprised only of rich people?

    Some people save and don't rely on debt. ;)
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