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Fact checking the statements by Apple CEO Tim Cook on the European Union Commission's ruling of $13 billion in back taxes owed
08/31/2016
NYT's fact check on Apple CEO's letter to the EU Commission. The appeal say legal experts is not as likely to lead to a reversal of the ruling as Tim Cook says it would be, because of the way the EU courts operate based only on looking at the legal aspects of the EU's authority, not the overall case. Public opinion is also shifting rapidly in favor of corporations paying their fair share of taxes, and corporations are lagging in their understanding and grasp of public opinion- the extent to which the middle and working classes have slipped in the last decade of financial crises and shifting of jobs overseas, what Theresa May, the British prime minister has called "burning injustice." Two thirds of Ireland's social services budget and its entire national health service budget is what the $13 billion pays for. During 2009-2013 Ireland suffered a severe crisis with deep cuts in public spending, and rising poverty.
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Fact-Checking Apple’s Claims on E.U. Tax Ruling
The New York Times 08.31.2016
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