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Posted on 5/21/13 at 1:52 pm to Sophandros
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If you're a supply sider then it's clear that YOU have never passed an econ course.
i have a degree in international trade and finance from LSU
Posted on 5/21/13 at 1:57 pm to ProjectP2294
Those human rights violations happened because people wanted to save a few bucks.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 1:58 pm to jcole4lsu
There is empirical evidence that supply side economics doesn't work.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 1:59 pm to Sophandros
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Those human rights violations happened because people wanted to save a few bucks.
Ok.
Now tell me about all the poor Indonesians that were harmed when Apple's accountants figured out the ins and outs of the Irish and American tax codes.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 2:11 pm to Sophandros
I am against what ESPN did. But you are wrong about the apple situation. They legally did what they had to to save money. They were not evading. The laws are set. Really, it's hilarious that people buy into the government actually being mad at apple. Congress and the elite have structured those laws to keep themselves rich and in control.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 2:25 pm to IndependentGeorge
There was an article in S.Illustrated a few mths back, to the effect ESPN earned $6 B in subscription revenue, $3 B in ad revenues, for a total of $9B in revenues last yr. It concluded that it was a $42 B revenue corporation. And it needs to increase its profit margin? Then guess what this means to the cost ESPN will charge cable companies for rights to carry designated SEC games in its new league contract. And guess who those high charges will be passed on to?
Posted on 5/21/13 at 2:29 pm to Sophandros
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Apple is using loopholes in both Irish and American tax laws to avoid paying taxes on over two thirds of its business.
sounds like smart strategy and a failure of government
Posted on 5/21/13 at 2:30 pm to Keltic Tiger
Trust me, if you meant to direct that at me, I do not like espn. Sports center is garbage and they are obviously greedy as frick. All programming there has turned to shite. They have twenty five analyst for every sport. They pay idiots like Berman and Holtz and Reece Davis, and Musberger (through ABC), Corso, Bayless.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 2:31 pm to Keltic Tiger
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There was an article in S.Illustrated a few mths back, to the effect ESPN earned $6 B in subscription revenue, $3 B in ad revenues, for a total of $9B in revenues last yr. It concluded that it was a $42 B revenue corporation. And it needs to increase its profit margin?
what did the article say about ESPN's costs? being a high revenue generator does not mean, in any way shape or form, that you have a healthy profit margin.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 2:32 pm to Sophandros
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It is unethical.
how?
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Maybe not to a person like you whose ethics are based solely on dollars and cents, but to others of us, it matters.
the entire argument is about "dollars and cents" from either side
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I bet you had no problem with the sweatshop deaths in Bangladesh, either.
i don't like that they happened, but would bangledesh be better off if those factories never existed? no...they'd be worse off
Posted on 5/21/13 at 2:33 pm to IndependentGeorge
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hey pay idiots like Berman and Holtz and Reece Davis, and Musberger (through ABC), Corso, Bayless.
WTF? Davis should not be mentioned with those guys.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 2:33 pm to Sophandros
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Those human rights violations happened because people wanted to save a few bucks.
pretty much everyone wants to "Save a few bucks"
Posted on 5/21/13 at 2:47 pm to Rohan2Reed
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Berman alone makes the Homerun Derby unwatchable.
QuackQuackQuackQuackQuackQuack GONE!!!
Posted on 5/21/13 at 3:10 pm to timbo
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Sources: ESPN laying off hundreds
This is still not enough
Posted on 5/21/13 at 3:12 pm to Pilot Tiger
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so me telling my accountant to lower my tax obligation as low as legally possible is unethical now? cmon man. Your problem is with the LAW, not with Apple's accountants
when you consider those companies and the super wealthy pay lobbyists and politicians off to get those loop holes written... yea its unethical.
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Posted on 5/21/13 at 3:36 pm to timbo
So the stockholders and folks at the top benefit by the 'increased profit margins' while the middle class continues to suffer.
Hurray, capitalism.
Hurray, capitalism.
Posted on 5/21/13 at 3:38 pm to YouthInAsia
yep because only rich fat cats own stock in disney 
Posted on 5/21/13 at 3:46 pm to YouthInAsia
we have the richest "poor" in the history of the world and you are worried about wealth inequality 
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