So...Is it Un-American to purchase Apple products?

[jorno67]

They have been using oversees cheap labor and now this Tax stuff...
Shouldn't boycott Apple as well?

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	Yep! FU Apple!
	1 (25%)
	No! Apple products are too cool to give up.
	1 (25%)
	Yes...from here on out I will only obtain Apple products illegally.
	0 (0%)
	Other
	2 (50%)
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[mike_c]

1. quite the contrary-- it's the American way....

Apple's tax evasion is entirely legal and consistent with the broad goals of capitalism and the ethics of greed. What could possibly be more American than that?

[OriginalGeek]

2. I don't buy them because I don't like the smarmy smugness of the brand.

So I smarmily and smugly buy Android and Win-based things.


But at least my smarminess and smugosity aren't supporting tax dodgers and child laborers!



As far as I know.



And I ain't looking very far.

[HappyMe]

5. I shall join you in some

smarminess and smugosity.

I'll go even further because I have a TracFone (I don't really need a super phone). Also, I like the term 'smugosity'.

[OriginalGeek]

6. We shall be smuggos together!

Smuggy solidarity forever!

[HappyMe]

7. Indeed.

[justiceischeap]

3. Other

If we stopped buying products based on who pays their fair share of taxes, I'd imagine there wouldn't be many products left to purchase.

[HiPointDem]

4. yes.

[Pragdem]

8. No. It is never un-American to spend money how you please.

Their desktops and notebooks are NOT the best on the market, so I would spend money elsewhere there.

And Samsung has produced a phone on par with the iPhone.

But there's nothing that compares to the iPod or iPad on the market, despite what people try to tell you.

[Nye Bevan]

9. If they have broken the law I can see the case for boycotting them.

But I don't expect them to pay more taxes than legally required. That would simply make their products more expensive.