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Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'It's Not True That the iPhone is Not Made in the United States'
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Because they are an American company. It’s a matter of pride that everything be done in America.
Apple is a stock company and maximizes shareholder value first. Second might be America (Cupertino, CA) first or what would Steve (Laurene) do. Might not.
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Seriously?
I think he’s an embarrassment, a walking Steve Jobs soundboard who doesn’t believe in the very words he uses and who has taken Apple from relevant to boring.
If Steve’s Apple was built in his image, the same can be said of Cook; boring, bland, and unimaginative.
Tim Cook is promoting a New World Order and open borders (only for the USA) this is why he doesn't know where the iPhone is made!
Doesn't Tim want open borders for Israel, Japan, Russia, China, North Korea etc ?
I never hear him mentioning open borders for these countries....
He actually just handed all iCloud users data to communist China and said it is a great thing !
Doesn't Tim want open borders for Israel, Japan, Russia, China, North Korea etc ?
I never hear him mentioning open borders for these countries....
He actually just handed all iCloud users data to communist China and said it is a great thing !
WAIT WAIT WAIT!!! I think TIM COOK IS Lying!
"we know that Apple could only have been created in the United States. We know that. This company would not have flourished in any other country in the world. We love this country. We are patriots. This is our country and we want to create as many jobs as we can in the U.S. We don't need any political pressure for that."
I thought Apple Ireland is where all the patents, innovation, and profits are made!!!!!! Is someone lying??
This guy claims he love the country, but yet Apple Operations International, Apple Distribution International, Apple Operations, and Apple Sales International (which handles sales of iphones and ipads) are all Irish operations! And ALL REVENUE and profits go here, and pay IRISH tax!
They want to give back to America, except when they actually have to give back..... then they run away!
"we know that Apple could only have been created in the United States. We know that. This company would not have flourished in any other country in the world. We love this country. We are patriots. This is our country and we want to create as many jobs as we can in the U.S. We don't need any political pressure for that."
I thought Apple Ireland is where all the patents, innovation, and profits are made!!!!!! Is someone lying??
This guy claims he love the country, but yet Apple Operations International, Apple Distribution International, Apple Operations, and Apple Sales International (which handles sales of iphones and ipads) are all Irish operations! And ALL REVENUE and profits go here, and pay IRISH tax!
They want to give back to America, except when they actually have to give back..... then they run away!
But it's not only about cost. Its about time. In China, to can have 1000s ready to assemble a new device within weeks. The US doesn't have that many qualified workers in any single state. It would take 4 to 6 months just to get ready for production.
Uh, the qualifications for being an iPhone assembly worker are as follows: have a pulse. Most people working in Chinese factories are semi-literate rice farmers from the boonies. The reason why iPhone isn’t built in the US is because China’s cost of living is far lower so $2 per hour is considered a living wage.
None of Apples income in the US is routed through Ireland. Only non-US income.
And for every dollar Apple pays in taxes outside the US, is one less dollar they have to pay in the US.
Was that math done before or after the corporate tax rate was cut by 40%?
And with steel and aluminum tariffs going into effect, American manufacturing might make sense.
He did not say anything about intelligence. But there is probably a lack of these kinds of skills and certainly in the quantity that Apple needs in one location. There is very little mass manufacturing skills left in the US.
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Only non-US sales have gone through Ireland. All the sales in the US goes through a US company and are taxed normally in the US, which makes Apple the largest federal tax payer in the US.
Also, for every dollar of tax Apple pays outside the US, means one more dollar less in federal tax.
And they still don't have freedom of speech... It's been like 242 years.28 Nations giving up their autonomy to feed a hungry beast in Brussels is always mind boggling to me.
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IDK, I was assuming total average effective rate. He didn't mention Federal, unless that's what he meant by "US." If that's Federal only, yes, it's more than for individuals.
no.. you are incorrect..... It's FAR FAR FAR more complicated than that.
For example, one mechanisms (they use many) Apple uses, like most tech companies transfer their trade marks, patents, and IP to shell companies in tax havens, allowing them to create structure that is extremely advantageous to them though licensing. This is the most known method that silicon valley and other entities use. You aren't an international tax expert that's for sure (neither am I to be honest).
What I do know is that these structures are extremely complex, far more complex and if you ever try and deal with these tax specialists, be prepared to spend 700-1500 an hour.
The simple truth is that everything you are doing now, typing on a computer, being able to call someone on a cell phone etc.. has come from activities that destroy the environment in some form or fashion.
That process has been going on for hundreds of years. Our current technology and civilisation is built off it.
I agree we should limit the damage where we can but we can’t enjoy this level of life and at the same time be disgusted by the process that brought us here without owning a huge level of hypocrisy.
Well I hope the iPhone stays manufactured where it is then. Cause American cars (made in America) are known to be the worst quality cars in the world. The assembly quality is basically **** on American made cars. Even on Tesla’s. No thanks!
Simply follow the money - corporations find the cheapest labor, the cheapest raw resources, and use them. Not rocket science, but it is misleading to cloak it in some sort of patriotic ilk, or conversely, a global gift.
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That's right - if you don't like living in a poor third world country, just "seek out" additional education (where's the money and wherewithal for that?), get some more skills (after you get off your 16 hour per day low paying job), and ultimately just "get a different job." That's right. The only reason we aren't all zillionaires is that we forgot to "get additional education and skills" and "ultimately get that zillionaire job." OMG. I've seen the light. Thanks for this sage answer to the meaning of life.
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No, it is not:
https://www.engadget.com/2012/01/22/why-apples-products-are-designed-in-california-but-assembled/
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It's not that Americans can't do the work. It's that they don't want to do the work for dirt poor wages. It's the same reason most agricultural workers are migrants, many illegal, making barely, if even, minimum wage. Most people aren't willing to do back breaking work for low pay. The median wage for ag workers in 2016 was $22540/year, and the reason most of them are hispanic migrants has nothing to do with their skill sets.
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If it's an "American company, it means that the high paid executives are officially U.S. citizens.
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It's a multinational, HQ'd in the US - as is just about every large company nowadays. Yes you can say it's "American" as it has its HQ and board and executive based in the US, but it's a fact that a majority of it's operations happen overseas and that's not changing, at least without serious detriment to the company, its sales and operations and ultimately revenues and profits. Often investing in R&D or manufacturing in an overseas country is a good way to get on good terms with the government to ensure your products get a good showing in said country - again that's just how things work now. If Apple were to rebase everything back to the US they would likely find a lot of countries would suddenly become less enthusiastic about having their products on sale, and a domestic or other alternative (say Samsung) would probably spring up to occupy the void. They might also find that any sweetheart tax arrangements suddenly come under more intense scrutiny and are cancelled... It's a you scratch our back and we'll scratch yours set up of sorts.
Exactly! That is the real global solution to slave labor manufacturing. If you pay folks living wages to make product, the price of the product will tend to rise and sales will tend to decline until overall wages rise to meet product price. Henry Ford figured that out when he started manufacturing the Model T using fair wage labor. Those sales will only rise when competing companies improve their products and production costs without resorting to rotten pay for their workers. Top executives in 2017 made 271 times the median wage of their employees. Let's whittle that down a bit as a start to being competitive.
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This doesn't mention compensation for the various job descriptions - I'll bet it's crap. There are plenty of American engineers and technicians with the skills listed above, but they don't want to work for 10 bucks an hour.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_apple_production
Discounted shipping in bulk ? *shrugs*
You trying to put Chinese workers out of business... The products are should be made and assembled in the same place? Lots of reason why their not:
- Cheaper in overseas.
- Apple would say a load of money by not assembling it in US. Look how cheap a Chinese worker gets paid compared to U.S or many more hours.
- probably infrastructure as well
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