UC nonresident admissions soar

Squiddy
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:06:46 +0000

There’s an interesting NYT article that was just published that goes over how much Apple avoids taxes both here and abroad.



While I’d be the last one to defend Apple’s business practices (the chasm between their public face and their actual business practices is staggering - if their products weren’t so hip, people would be outraged at how they behave), bear in mind all of those Apple employees that live and work in and around Cupertino, who do pay California state and local taxes, who likely pay entrance fees to have their kids swim in DeAnza’s swimming pool, and so on. Apple and its employees certainly pays millions of dollars into the CA economy, and many of them pay into the UC system without ever making use of that system (not everyone has children, you know.)

In that sense, “Apple”, and it’s employees, are doing more than their fair share for the UC system - as you’d find, much to your great regret, if Apple were to suddenly pull up stakes and move their entire operation to Austin or Seattle.