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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:31 AM Original message |
Apple holding more cash than USA |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Although this is one company that does employ |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And they would manufacture here if they could lock us in the factories and pay us 60 cents a day |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yet many here are still enamored of protectionism |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yeah, that way instead of making things like iPods Americans can make coffee. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Then enjoy your high prices and high unemployment. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. High prices have nothing to do with what you pay |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Apple could probably manufacture all of its products in the U.S. and... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Um, no, the cash reserves are in the billions and are 76 billion dollars. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I didn't read the article. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Of course, you are right. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. My mistake on it being almost a trillion. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I wasn't considering protectionism, my concern is with the exploitation of human beings |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. If production costs were similar everywhere, jobs would come back. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Ah yes, so you want American workers to work for a $1 an hour. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. When did I say that? Show me. nt |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. You know what? I don't really care wha he price of something is if I really want it |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. during the gilded age the fat pigs actually bailed out the country |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Only because they knew they too would go down with |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Their plan B, is more like plan m... |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. The US operates at a deficit, why should it have lots of cash lying around ? n/t |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Capitalism, baby! |
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