Apple Has More Cash Than The U.S. Government

[reggieray]

[citation][nom]whysobluepandabear[/nom]So what is it called when the corporations own America and ALL the politicians? What do you call that massive lobbying happening in Washington right now? Can you see that hypocritical ideology?[/citation]
That can be fixed by banning lobbying, I know easy to say but the other path you are advocating will lead to Hugo Chavez style government and eventually Communism. I will take the current messed up system any day over Communism.

 

[animehair]

interesting...and yet not a penny of that $76.2 billion. came out of my pocket.

 

[Thor]

Hahaha what joke.

Until Human will live in Capitalist World, they will live in the Hell.
Except millionaires, billionaire and trillionaire of course.

Communist is where all is controlled by government. And it's crap.
Capitalist is where all is controlled by companies. And it's crap too.

Think a guy have all to do to build a house (wood, etc)
And he is a constructor,

But he says, hey it's the "Crisis" and I need ask permission
to bank to use my own stuff.

Hahaha
What joke!

It's not a surprised to see that all people who controlled other, are millionaire or more
and talk just about money.

These guys love make wash brain to the People.
So they tall all time to crisis to justify to replace them by robot and/or to go at China, India, to use their slaves.

Capitalist is a wonderful world...
Well for rich people !

 

[t0r4]

[citation][nom]liveonc[/nom]Don't tempt Obama to Nationalize Apple, what are you trying to do, create a new Republic of Zimbabwe? If they privatize NASA, how much would it be worth, but would that be wise? They want small Government, but how small, Anarchy sized? But if you want Communism, you could always "just" Nationalize EVERYTHING... ;-)[/citation]

happen to most of new country to nationalize a lot company ,etc
Indonesia is a republic but nationalize everything
do you really hate communism?
better study more about what is the real communism

 

[n3ard3ath]

[citation][nom]ProDigit10[/nom]Anyone has more cash than the US government! Even me!US government has a debt so large no one can tip it! (13 trillion dollars, for those who don't know what that means, it means that every single being of the ~310 million people livingin the USA would be paying about $40.000 to the government to pay back their government's debt!So this article is kind of moot...[/citation]

The burden of the national (and world) debt is on every citizen's shoulders (except the elite). So you're not "richer" than the US government by any means. We're all slaves of the international bankers, and of corporations, like Apple.

 

[n3ard3ath]

[citation][nom]Thor[/nom]Hahaha what joke.Until Human will live in Capitalist World, they will live in the Hell.Except millionaires, billionaire and trillionaire of course.Communist is where all is controlled by government. And it's crap.Capitalist is where all is controlled by companies. And it's crap too.Think a guy have all to do to build a house (wood, etc)And he is a constructor,But he says, hey it's the "Crisis" and I need ask permissionto bank to use my own stuff.HahahaWhat joke!It's not a surprised to see that all people who controlled other, are millionaire or moreand talk just about money.These guys love make wash brain to the People.So they tall all time to crisis to justify to replace them by robot and/or to go at China, India, to use their slaves.Capitalist is a wonderful world...Well for rich people ![/citation]

Capitalism at it's root is not a bad system. But it have flaws, and since we live in a world where 1% of people are psychopaths, well, those same people exploit those flaws to enslave the rest of us.

 

[cookoy]

if you have cash it's not necessary you have to squander it like a fool. Worse, if you don't have cash, you should not keep raising your debt ceiling and pretend you are rich.

 

[Guest]

Tons of comments by people insanely jealous of apple. When I by an apple product I buy it because its just hands down better. Great looking designs and software that just works unlike the PC side of the house. Go out and spend 2k on a PC and you will come home with a laptop that weighs 20lbs and sucks its batter down to nothing in 30min. Stop hating on Apple because they build products that work and are making money.

 

[liveonc]

[citation][nom]t0r4[/nom]happen to most of new country to nationalize a lot company ,etcIndonesia is a republic but nationalize everythingdo you really hate communism?better study more about what is the real communism[/citation]

You're talking about Indonesia, a VERY corrupt Country! Tackling corruption by blaming the people for being lazy & needing to be more efficient, is like blaming the rain for your leaky roof getting you wet. BTW, before Suharto, there was Sukarno, & the US got rid of him by supporting Sukarno because Sukarno was a "Communist". But back then, Inonesia used to help out under-developed Malaysia with Doctors & Teachers...

 

[11796pcs]

[citation][nom]Marc B[/nom]"all thanks goes to the republicans and tea baggers if that happens"You need thank the New Dealers and the Great Society democrats and the spend-thrift, big government NeoCons who spent the US into oblivion before griping about a faction of the conservative base reminding you that the US needs to live within it's means. You are advocating for is another line of credit after maxing out your prior lines before squaring them.Neither liberal utopias or global empires are feasible when the money is not available to sustain them.[/citation]
Completely agree...
Both parties are the biggest idiots- the only good thing about them is that it's hilarious to make fun of them on SNL.
This quote is for GWB though-
To carry on war, three things are necessary: money, money, and yet more money. - Gian Giacomo Trivulzio

 

[Marthian]

Eh, from what I've seen, the Macbooks are decent quality, albeit overpriced and not as supported... Pretty much the one thing that I hate Apple for is its fanboys, it just ruined it for me.

 

[back_by_demand]

OK so I don't have $76 billion.
Maye if I liquidated my entire list of assets from house, car, pension, clothes, etc...
Maybe I could get $760 thousand
But...

I don't have $9 trillion of debt, so i'm actually more solvent than the USA

And oddly enough there's a bum that lives in a dumpster in town, he found a dollar and is also more solvent than the USA.

 

[mihaimm]

[citation][nom]whysobluepandabear[/nom]iPod? iPhone? iPad? You think any of these things were technological marvels? They used previous and cost effective hardware. They were FAR from being the absolute latest and greatest this world has to offer.[/citation]
So... by your definition if I use a coffee filter, and electric battery and a printer to create a time machine, I'm doing nothing new, right? Damn-it!!!

 

[Enkal]

[citation][nom]ReggieRay[/nom]That can be fixed by banning lobbying, I know easy to say but the other path you are advocating will lead to Hugo Chavez style government and eventually Communism. I will take the current messed up system any day over Communism.[/citation]

The world isnt binary; there's not only capitalism vs communism. There's a whole bag of different ways to run a country. The countries that work the best are the ones with a healthy mix of capitalism and socialism. The extremes with mainly one or the other tend to get into trouble sooner or later.

The one common denominator for all goverment types is this: they need income (taxes, fees etc) to pay for infrastructure, police, hospitals etc. If there's no income (people not paying taxes, not working that many years etc), well look at Greece.

It's a simple equation: the goverment need to get money from the citizens and the citizens gets roads, police, health care etc. How they get the money is something totally different although taxes is the most common.


[citation][nom]liveonc[/nom]It's like a sick Cult of Atheism that keeps on ringing or your door bells & won't leave you alone until you don't believe in anything... :-([/citation]

Yikes, you dont understand what atheism is all about do you? It's the lack of faith in a divine power. Nothing more, nothing else. An atheist can believe in any number of things like humanity or charity etc.

 

[vir_cotto]

[citation][nom]TA152H[/nom] The main difference is, Apple makes a difference and creates new markets, and raises the standard. .[/citation]


My dad worked at Microsoft for a while, one of the projects he worked are were outsourced from apple, sort of weird Microsoft employees doing work for apple but speaks that they didn't have the skill/talent to "Innovate" at least that product. I don't know how much they outsource this is the only instance I know of.

Apple innovate? Mp3 players, tablets, computers out before they put their products out.

They do have great marketing, which is why everyone likes the products.


I have had a few Mac fans try to tell me their hardware was superior, when I broke it down for them they were VERY surprised, especially with how much more expensive their Mac was!

 

[liveonc]

[citation][nom]Enkal[/nom]The world isnt binary; there's not only capitalism vs communism. There's a whole bag of different ways to run a country. The countries that work the best are the ones with a healthy mix of capitalism and socialism. The extremes with mainly one or the other tend to get into trouble sooner or later.The one common denominator for all goverment types is this: they need income (taxes, fees etc) to pay for infrastructure, police, hospitals etc. If there's no income (people not paying taxes, not working that many years etc), well look at Greece. It's a simple equation: the goverment need to get money from the citizens and the citizens gets roads, police, health care etc. How they get the money is something totally different although taxes is the most common.Yikes, you dont understand what atheism is all about do you? It's the lack of faith in a divine power. Nothing more, nothing else. An atheist can believe in any number of things like humanity or charity etc.[/citation]

I understand enough about Atheism to know that it's either a North Korean Republican Democracy buying ships w/o a crew or drones that don't fly or work because The Leader says so! It's a bunch of self-interests worried about their self interests & getting nothing done. It's the insistence on being praised for all the things you don't don't do & wanting to be seen, so you can show off your achievements on Second Life & have Wendy asking, where's the beef!? It's acting like a bunch of Nazi Über/Unter Menschen thinking that being superior is acting like a bunch of animals. It's recycling NOTHING but the people who got us into this mess & thinking that it'll change ANYTHING...

 

[Northwestern]

[citation][nom]warezme[/nom]If Apple was the US Government, we'd all be driving the same kind of car, the same kind of house and be told what to do and when to do it and how much to pay for it...., sound familiar folks? Wake up mac folks.[/citation]
iHouse

iCar

iDoWhateverTheHelliTellYouToDo

 

[t0r4]

[citation][nom]liveonc[/nom]You're talking about Indonesia, a VERY corrupt Country! Tackling corruption by blaming the people for being lazy & needing to be more efficient, is like blaming the rain for your leaky roof getting you wet. BTW, before Suharto, there was Sukarno, & the US got rid of him by supporting Sukarno because Sukarno was a "Communist". But back then, Inonesia used to help out under-developed Malaysia with Doctors & Teachers...[/citation]

i talked about nationalize company
read careful,its not only communist nationalize company,same with venezuela
never talked corruption,its about nationalize
republic,communist,ets nothing perfect,its depend on peoples
what do you think if china not a communist anymore?
become new india with lots poors and little very very very riches?