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Apple Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. With Homepage Tribute
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Neither of us know what Apple does with donations etc.
I only mentioned Pfizer in the context of tax avoidance and Ireland.
But, (although old) in 2008 Pfizer donated $ 1 million to the MLK Foundation and their CEO was happily featured in various media releases showing off the check.
So much for what other companies DON'T do.
And, if you care for more: These anonymous corporations donated also to the completion of the Memorial:
General Motors: $10 million
Tommy Hilfiger: $6 million
NBA: $3 million
Bill and Melinda Gates: $3 million ( I know, not a corporation)
Walt Disney Co.: $2.7 million
Toyota: $2.5 million
Verizon: $2 million
Delta Airlines: $1.5 million
General Electric: $1.2 million
FedEx: $1 million
Sheila Johnson, BET co-founder: $1 million
NFL Players Association: $1 million
George Lucas, Star Wars creator: $1 million
Viacom/BET/MTV: $1 million
Wal-Mart: $1 million
CBS: $500,000
Procter & Gamble: $431,200
Lehman Brothers: $250,000
General Mills: $100,000
Plus, many entertainers and most interesting Bill Cosby LOL.
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So sick of oppressed Identity Politics.
Agreed, being investigated shouldn't be a dis, but it is always implied that something illegal was going on.
So, with Apple being investigated for their tax avoidance set up they are being dissed just for being investigated, with numbers being thrown around for sensationalism, plus using Apples media popularity.
Bill Gates is considered to be the second highest contributor to philanthropy historically. Through the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, he has personally given $28 billion dollars to the foundation. The foundation uses money to help people in third world countries with food, vaccines, and other needs. Yet Microsoft isn't touting philanthropy on their main page of their website.... Bill gives quietly.
Apple on the other hand refuses to acknowledge how much they donate and the media notes that Apple has given $40 million here or $50 million there, hardly comparable to the Bill Gates foundation despite Apple being a larger company than Microsoft has ever been.
It's one thing to put up an ad on the front page with MLK honoring him. It is another thing entirely to use a quote challenging people to do good for others. Because when you put up a challenge, you should be the one leading the way. Not pointing fingers while sitting back.
MLK was a great man... But this is pandering. There are many great people that they can put up on the home page, who've done amazing thing. Why not have them too. For Example Lincoln.
I'm so sick of racism, but hey ho....... we can't all get what we want eh?
You're missing a very major distinction there. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is funded by Bill and Melinda Gates, not Microsoft.
Including paying the minimum taxes that they can get away with.
You would be saying differently if this was your own income. You'd be arguing, along with everyone else, about how "right" it is to do the utmost to protect our hard-earned assets. If the government want tech companies' overseas taxes, they need to make their rate competitive enough to begin with.
Isn't this what everyone does? Do you throw in a little extra to the government when your taxes are due? You know, like a tip.Including paying the minimum taxes that they can get away with
You know, I've done pretty well this year. I think I'll skip that child tax deduction and just pay the extra. I'm sure the government will spend it well.
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The only racist is luther himself, from listening to his speeches he didn't have a good thing to say about white people.
I don't have the knowledge and the resources to go around finding tax loopholes to avoid taxes. I go pay my taxes just like everyone. It is shame that these corporates do everything they can to avoid taxes while middle class pay their fairshare.
When is Abe Lincoln day? I guess you figure a national holiday devoted to MLK is also pandering.
I'm absolutely amazed at how someone can twist the honoring of an American hero on the day of a national holiday devoted to him into "pandering".
Guess it's only pandering when it doesn't suit your agenda.
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They have been replaced by the “Apple is tax dodger” crowd in this thread. Let’s face it. The malcontent iHaters that infest MacRumors will always find something to bash Apple with. It’s their passion in life to criticize everything and everybody related to Apple. Instead of visiting the fan websites of their chosen platform they flock to sites like this one to inject their venom. Of course those other platform websites are usually ghost towns and a rhetorical desert.
Just like Apple fans go around bashing Microsoft earlier days?
What Apple are doing for others is, assisting the Rockefellers, Rothschilds and associated demons in dumbing down the general populace, pushing on technology for use in governmental spying, and being complicit in all atrocities commited via such groups. If you like eating GM Frankenfoods, foodstuffs laced with poisons such as Monsanto Roundup Glycogen, etc., politican terrorism, false flag terror events etc., then just carry on. If you find such activity repulsive then remember that Apple are complicit and hand-in-hand with those responsible. Apple are just another branch of the demon power.
LOL. Yes, we should all go out of our way to praise people who make our lives a living hell. Yet, if someone called you a racist because you didn't go out of your way to say something good about black people, you would start bitching about political correctness destroying this country.
So blaming a whole race of people for your mistreatment is ok then? Is that what you're saying
It's not February and Lincoln no longer has a nationally observed. But when the 12th of next month rolls around, Lincoln would be a great choice. Most obvious, King along with Kennedy, meant something to Cook.
Funny coming for a CEO hyper focused on skin color and sexual orientation while exploiting Chinese labor.
Yeah I'm sure there were some Asians who voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1965 as well.
Given the historical context, yes, one race is responsible for mistreating another in this country's past. You can try to sugar coat it and white wash it if you want.
Funny...who's the one being politically correct now?
As Trump said " I'm sure there must be a few that are nice people"
Mhm, I'm sure the exploitation of Chinese labor is what you actually have a problem with here. You keep convincing yourself of that.