i'm not saying they should give it. I'ts called context. when you see "130Billion" it's sometimes hard to realize just how much bloody money that is.
in this case, it's enough to pay 2+ million people $60,000.
SO, for Tim Cook to say "we don't hoard", while sitting on this absolutely world changing mass amount of cash is disingenuous at best, and an outright lie at worst
Apple can easily afford to have dividend returns increased. Pay their fair share of taxes (instead of moving money off shore), or even better yet, paying their store front personnel better than minimum wage and nickle and diming their hours (forcing them to wait in line for example for 15-20 minutes for bag checks while not getting paid)
Simply put: If you're an investor of Apple its fantastic! if you're not an apple Investor, Apple's monetary policy is disastrous to everyone else. it means we're paying insane margins on things where insane margins don't have to exist. they're keeping money OUT of your local economies by keeping it overseas to avoid paying what is believed their fair share of taxes.
SO yea
They're hoarders. And the worst kind. The kind who doesn't believe they have a problem
I'm curious to see in April what mr Cook has planned for the 100+ billion sitting idle