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		AlexandrB on June 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tim Cook: Technology companies need to take respon... Uhhh, no thanks. I'd rather not wait for the US to fix its tax laws before we can start to address privacy issues.

opportune on June 17, 2019 [–]

There is nothing to fix, Apple is taking advantage of other countries' tax laws to hold the money offshore indefinitely so they can get a sweetheart deal to repatriate it. The only "fix" is to never give Apple a break on bringing that money back

graeme on June 17, 2019 | [–]

The US is fairly unique in taxing overseas income.

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