Employees can give, no one is stopping them. But as a Share Holder not my cup of tea unless it gives good PR then maybe I can see merit in it after all its really a paltry amount.
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Employees can give, no one is stopping them. But as a Share Holder not my cup of tea unless it gives good PR then maybe I can see merit in it after all its really a paltry amount.
Minus the fact it was a promised that he would bring it back when apple was doing better. Apple has been doing great for at least the past 5 years.
Safe to assume he never planned on keeping the promise.
I'm glad to hear you recently learned the word fallacy and enjoy using it and linking to it's wiki page so much!
Sorry, this isnt Apple circa 1999. I dont need to preach their success, and its disgusting that companies far less financially successful are doing so much more.
On your point of using capital to "better themselves", I'd agree IF Apple had industry leading warrrenties (which they dont), industry leading QA (which they dont), and cutting edge hardware implementation (which is a mixed bag at best...also, their BTO pricing methodology is a slap in the face).
No one can argue Apple's huge success and appeal...but thats a reason for incredible giving, not the oppostite. Cheers mate.
PS: Huge Kudos to Apple Employee contributions, these are real life folks giving out of their own pockets. Right on and thank you
Good for Apple. It's a start.
And quite frankly, if we are going to just devolve into admonishing Apple's lack of charitable history, I can name at least two dozen companies that should be first on the list of flaggelation.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
And quite frankly, if we are going to just devolve into admonishing Apple's lack of charitable history, I can name at least two dozen companies that should be first on the list of flaggelation.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Then give the $80 billion back to the shareholders. It's theirs.
It's ok if you're not charitable. It's a joke that Apple isn't.
I donate a much higher percentage of my income than Apple does.
At least 5% not including the forced charitable contributions from tax withholdings
Perhaps they should be focusing on their own business instead. A lot of these companies that are "far less financially successful" happen to specialize in waste, false starts, failed products, and asinine business decisions that are costing their employees jobs (RIM, HP, and more.)
I certainly hope that those who are making fools of themselves with lousy iPad competitors, for example, aren't throwing money away for charity. Consumers are being hoodwinked with the Playbooks, Slates, and Xooms of the market.
Now THAT is disgusting.
It's all about the product. It all comes down to that.
I'm going to whisper this to you so I don't embarrass you in front of everyone...I was being sarcastic. I'm glad the 39 people who gave that comment a thumbs-up got the joke.
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I think that the shareholders that matter don't agree with you
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Then give the $80 billion back to the shareholders. It's theirs.
It's ok if you're not charitable. It's a joke that Apple isn't.
I donate a much higher percentage of my income than Apple does.
I think that the shareholders that matter don't agree with you
That's a bunch of BS. When I worked at intel they donated to charities, cities and towns, communities and the contributed to schools and community programs by donating up to $10 fr every hour that intel employees volunteered.
Charity
Its a good start. On the other hand look at Mr. Gates, who gave away most of his money for serious foundations. I would like to see Apple go into cancer research, provide a Steve Jobs foundation for Cancer Research, provide funds and hardware (e.g. computational biology). Of course, riding my own agenda here...
Its a good start. On the other hand look at Mr. Gates, who gave away most of his money for serious foundations. I would like to see Apple go into cancer research, provide a Steve Jobs foundation for Cancer Research, provide funds and hardware (e.g. computational biology). Of course, riding my own agenda here...
Most here don't like facts that put Apple in a negative light. They will defend anything with their warped logic.
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Apple gave $1.3 million of shareholder's money. Gates has given $40 billion of his personal wealth. Apple is better.
So the people that Apple hires should give to charity, but not Apple? Was that your point? Should the other corporations that employ more people than Apple stop giving too?
Jesus H. Companies that do well generally expand, get bigger, create more jobs. This employs more people. Which creates more wealth. More growth also creates more mid-level positions or higher paying jobs. Even more wealth. More people with more wealth means more potential philanthropists. Long term, these employed individuals and their associated wealth will likely contribute more money over a longer time period than grandiose corporate donations.
Most every other major corporation donates more than Apple. Apple makes more money than most other corporation. Other corporations make less profit yet still invest and expand and create more jobs AND donate more than Apple. Twist it anyway you like, it still is lame on Apple's part.
