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Jobs is quoted as saying: Please educate yourself. That seems rude to me. He might be responding to an equally rude complaint that was sent to him, but it still seems like bad PR to me.
I am loving his curt responses. Too many people on the internet are quick to complain without prior thought or research; nice to see them being put in their place.
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Not in the UK.
Pish, I don't mind the taxation in this country it's only typically Tory voters that complain and from the last elections that's only 37% of the country.
It's typically only Labour voters (who are either public sector workers or who pay minimal tax anyway) who are happy for other people to pay more tax.
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Telling people why a product is more expensive (or, seems more expensive) is not "meddling in politics". He either tells them the reason, or he ignores the email. I'd prefer the former, personally.
"Blame your government" - that's not meddling in foreign politics? Some Apple apologists need to get out of Reality Distortion Field.
EU governments sure do love their taxes.
US states sure do love theirs! down to every damn municipality. I hope Volcker will prevail and US will get VAT finally.
My wish is that we simplify our tax system to the point where I don't need software and a tax attorney to figure out my taxes. I am not much into laws that require me to hire people / buy software to comply with (maybe, gotta love TurboTax audit insurance). I would prefer a flat-rate tax per taxpayer (skip all the marriage questions.
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Sales tax in my municipality is less than half of UK's VAT, and food and clothing are exempt from it. You're right, I sure do love it.
Food and childrens clothing are also exempt from UK VAT.
Also I seem to recall that some foods are taxed differently depending on whether you intend to eat them in or take them away -- even for things where it makes no difference to how they package them. If you tell Pret A Manger that you're going to take your chocolate mousse away but wind up sitting down and eating it in the store, you're breaking the law. (Not sure whether that's the VAT or some other issue).
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this absolutely freaks us out in US - that we never see actual prices we're supposed to pay, only share of what seller is supposed to get (before paying her taxes).
As annoying as it can be I actually think its a good thing that the amount you're paying in taxes is listed separately because then you are forced to see what you're paying in taxes. I live outside Chicago and in some areas around me the sales tax is >10% (10.25 in the city I believe). The fact that you see what your paying in taxes every time you buy something makes it harder for the politicians to raise it too high…
The headline makes it sound like Steve Jobs is being rude to Apple customers, but actually from the article, it seems like he's just curtly informing them of why the iPad price is 15 euros higher in Germany than in other european countries.
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this absolutely freaks us out in US - that we never see actual prices we're supposed to pay, only share of what seller is supposed to get (before paying her taxes).
As annoying as it can be I actually think its a good thing that the amount you're paying in taxes is listed separately because then you are forced to see what you're paying in taxes. I live outside Chicago and in some areas around me the sales tax is >10% (10.25 in the city I believe). The fact that you see what your paying in taxes every time you buy something makes it harder for the politicians to raise it too high…
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Hell, yeah! And I’m happy about it. High taxes but a lot of bang for the buck.
well, taxes in germany are now going to be shipped overnight to greece, where they will be used to pay back german banks. I'm starting to feel kind of robbed, honestly
EU governments sure do love their taxes.
US states sure do love theirs! down to every damn municipality. I hope Volcker will prevail and US will get VAT finally.
My hope is that the Pentagon will get its budget slashed.