So what you're saying is that it's a failure of vision, because the choice was basically to use untested, unproven manufacturing technologies and processes in a production vehicle? That seems even worse that teething pains at a factory; what you describe is an abject failure of leadership and a fatal flaw in decision making.
Nice conflation of nothing. No one ever said socialism was better than a free market, yet for all the talk about free markets it is conservatives who consistently go out of their way to thwart and warp the free market.
The only way to thwart and warp the free market is via Government regulation; that is the essence of fascism. If your choice of politicians support bigger Government - then they are implicitly fascist, which is kind of the antithesis of conservatism (which itself is much closer to libertarianism, as compared to socialism/communism - both of which tend to use fascism as their central tenets for economies).
So back when one BTC would buy a Big Mac, you suggest we should still pay one BTC for a Big Mac? That, by pricing something in BTC, you've "severed" it's connection to real-world currencies?
125 grains of jacketed lead backed with 9 grains of Unique powder, from a 4" S&W 686 tends to make disassembly quick. Not painless, and not necessarily easy to reassemble - but disassembly nevertheless.
Make PERSONAL health care expenses at ANY level fully deductible, just like they are for businesses. Right now, tax laws make it beneficial for workers to have the company pay for health insurance, and that not only screws independent/part-time workers, but it also breaks the entire concept of the consumer actually paying for what they are consuming (health care).
I cannot think of a single faucet of life, a human endeavor, or anything that we might seek to do, accomplish, or perform that isn't made better by legislation and governmental control and regulation.
See, that's the problem. They regulate my faucets to stupid-low flow levels! I can barely get enough pressure to deal with hard water and soap. It's almost like by controlling our faucets, they want to control all facets of our life!
I have yet to encounter a product that could not be disassembled, or a battery that cannot be removed. The product may not work AFTER disassembly, but it can be disassembled.
Your own link confirms my claim that we had an incredibly high marginal, average, and effective tax rate. Thank you for proving my point - and proving you're just a troll...
You do realize you can have a higher tax - EFFECTIVE, meaning what is actually paid - tax rate, even though the share of GDP is lower. Your own link shows this to be the case. Do you have data otherwise?
It's all about making iOS the dominant platform. You can see it in the way Apple deals/supports its Mac line compared to the iOS devices. You can see where it gets its revenue (75% or more from iOS). The "computer" - OSX - is a thing of the past, to be dropped into the dustbin as soon as they can replace all its functionality. Right now, Apple considers a Mac simply a means to build tools for iOS - but once iOS on an iPad Pro can do that - the Mac will go bye-bye.
On a corporate tax rate basis - what we're discussing here - the US was heavily taxed. Fourth place in the OECD for effective tax rate, third place for average tax rate. When a business is looking to keep its profits (or, actually, not act as a tax collector for the local Government as taxes are passed through to customers) the effective tax rate is quite important. And it's why countries like Ireland and others set a low tax rate, or allow things like "double Dutch" and other plans to lower tax rates. Now that the US has a more sane corporate tax rate - I predict we'll see less of these issues coming up as there is less pressure to get legally creative.
The numbers I used come from the CBO and are based on actual US Tax returns. The typical company in the US actually does pay a higher income tax rate than most of the other members of the OECD.
So we can ensure that wireless infrastructure stops at a city border, and doesn't cross the street into the next jurisdiction? I guess we should have city-based water, sewer, power departments. And roads. And fire and police. And...
So you believe that wireless regulations should be on a per-city, rather than per-State, basis? How do you stop wireless from leaking from one city to another?
Go to Westwood and Olympic in Los Angeles. You're in Los Angeles (a separate city), and about a mile from Santa Monica (a separate city), Westwood (a separate city) and Beverly Hills (a separate city). So how do you ensure your wireless infrastructure supports potentially four different criteria, and offer it to everyone? Better to have cities work with the State, and the State set the regulations on wireless infrastructure.
Unless, of course, you're a mayor of one of those cities and you wanted to shake down the ISP to give you lots of extra benefits and money (and nice donations to that re-election campaign) for allowing them to provide services to your residents. Then losing that power of regulatory authority would suck, wouldn't it?
He pointed to a draft model law that would give states power over permitting for wireless broadband infrastructure at the expense, Liccardo says, of cities' interests
And he's upset that an ISP would rather deal with one set of laws/regulations on a Statewide basis, rather than a hodge-podge of city regulations? I live in one city, and am within 3 miles of 3 other cities. That would be four different regulatory agencies for an ISP to work with, to provide service to my nearby geographic area. This seems like a smart move - let the cities engage the counties and States to get what they want, but don't make it so complex about what can be put where so that no one wants to provide service.
Corporate tax rates for the US were near the highest in the world. Not just statutory, but effective tax rates. Companies are now bringing back cash and operations because it's financially viable now. Or should corporations just pay and pay and pay? You take every deduction you can - why shouldn't someone else?
We are talking corporate taxes, and for those we're right at or very near the top. Well ahead of most of Europe in terms of statutory, average, and effective corporate tax rates. Why do companies do things like relocate to Ireland, the Netherlands, and other places in the EU? Because it was cheaper than the US.
So then, perhaps you can explain how companies are now repatriating massive amounts of capital, and then re-investing in new buildings, factories, and employees here in the US? All happening after our corporate tax rates were cut down to a point to be competitive with the EU and OECD (you do know that our statutory, effective, and average corporate tax rates were at or very near the top, didn't you?). Why did business wait until then to explode in the US. Why is growth a bad thing?
Yes, the "market share" defense seems 100% appropriate here. Not everyone - or even a significant portion of phone consumers - buy an iPhone.
As far as how many other companies are matching? Samsung sells two smartphones for every one that Apple sells, and Huawei is about on par with Apple, with Oppo not far behind. The trends are unmistakable; Samsung and Android will be dominant for a long time, Huawei, Oppo and the other major Chinese brands will follow up behind Samsung, and Apple will continue its slide into single digits and irrelevancy.
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Really? In 1934? It wasn't in 2014 when President Obama urged the FCC to implement net neutrality by reclassifying ISPs as common carriers?
How can a private company or individual eradicate the free market without the threat of force provided by a Government?
With Microsoft , you're quite wrong. Of the tech giants, Microsoft is by far the most diverse in terms of revenue.
So what you're saying is that it's a failure of vision, because the choice was basically to use untested, unproven manufacturing technologies and processes in a production vehicle? That seems even worse that teething pains at a factory; what you describe is an abject failure of leadership and a fatal flaw in decision making.
Nice conflation of nothing. No one ever said socialism was better than a free market, yet for all the talk about free markets it is conservatives who consistently go out of their way to thwart and warp the free market.
The only way to thwart and warp the free market is via Government regulation; that is the essence of fascism. If your choice of politicians support bigger Government - then they are implicitly fascist, which is kind of the antithesis of conservatism (which itself is much closer to libertarianism, as compared to socialism/communism - both of which tend to use fascism as their central tenets for economies).
It's like a computer...
Fail. Epic. It should be:
Yo dawg, I heard you liked State Hackers to Hack your State. So I got you some State Hackers to Hack your State Hackers Hacking your State.
Net neutrality repealed? When was net neutrality passed?
So back when one BTC would buy a Big Mac, you suggest we should still pay one BTC for a Big Mac? That, by pricing something in BTC, you've "severed" it's connection to real-world currencies?
125 grains of jacketed lead backed with 9 grains of Unique powder, from a 4" S&W 686 tends to make disassembly quick. Not painless, and not necessarily easy to reassemble - but disassembly nevertheless.
Make PERSONAL health care expenses at ANY level fully deductible, just like they are for businesses. Right now, tax laws make it beneficial for workers to have the company pay for health insurance, and that not only screws independent/part-time workers, but it also breaks the entire concept of the consumer actually paying for what they are consuming (health care).
I cannot think of a single faucet of life, a human endeavor, or anything that we might seek to do, accomplish, or perform that isn't made better by legislation and governmental control and regulation.
See, that's the problem. They regulate my faucets to stupid-low flow levels! I can barely get enough pressure to deal with hard water and soap. It's almost like by controlling our faucets, they want to control all facets of our life!
I have yet to encounter a product that could not be disassembled, or a battery that cannot be removed. The product may not work AFTER disassembly, but it can be disassembled.
Your own link confirms my claim that we had an incredibly high marginal, average, and effective tax rate. Thank you for proving my point - and proving you're just a troll...
You do realize you can have a higher tax - EFFECTIVE, meaning what is actually paid - tax rate, even though the share of GDP is lower. Your own link shows this to be the case. Do you have data otherwise?
It's all about making iOS the dominant platform. You can see it in the way Apple deals/supports its Mac line compared to the iOS devices. You can see where it gets its revenue (75% or more from iOS). The "computer" - OSX - is a thing of the past, to be dropped into the dustbin as soon as they can replace all its functionality. Right now, Apple considers a Mac simply a means to build tools for iOS - but once iOS on an iPad Pro can do that - the Mac will go bye-bye.
On a corporate tax rate basis - what we're discussing here - the US was heavily taxed. Fourth place in the OECD for effective tax rate, third place for average tax rate. When a business is looking to keep its profits (or, actually, not act as a tax collector for the local Government as taxes are passed through to customers) the effective tax rate is quite important. And it's why countries like Ireland and others set a low tax rate, or allow things like "double Dutch" and other plans to lower tax rates. Now that the US has a more sane corporate tax rate - I predict we'll see less of these issues coming up as there is less pressure to get legally creative.
The numbers I used come from the CBO and are based on actual US Tax returns. The typical company in the US actually does pay a higher income tax rate than most of the other members of the OECD.
So we can ensure that wireless infrastructure stops at a city border, and doesn't cross the street into the next jurisdiction? I guess we should have city-based water, sewer, power departments. And roads. And fire and police. And...
So you believe that wireless regulations should be on a per-city, rather than per-State, basis? How do you stop wireless from leaking from one city to another?
Go to Westwood and Olympic in Los Angeles. You're in Los Angeles (a separate city), and about a mile from Santa Monica (a separate city), Westwood (a separate city) and Beverly Hills (a separate city). So how do you ensure your wireless infrastructure supports potentially four different criteria, and offer it to everyone? Better to have cities work with the State, and the State set the regulations on wireless infrastructure.
Unless, of course, you're a mayor of one of those cities and you wanted to shake down the ISP to give you lots of extra benefits and money (and nice donations to that re-election campaign) for allowing them to provide services to your residents. Then losing that power of regulatory authority would suck, wouldn't it?
He pointed to a draft model law that would give states power over permitting for wireless broadband infrastructure at the expense, Liccardo says, of cities' interests
And he's upset that an ISP would rather deal with one set of laws/regulations on a Statewide basis, rather than a hodge-podge of city regulations? I live in one city, and am within 3 miles of 3 other cities. That would be four different regulatory agencies for an ISP to work with, to provide service to my nearby geographic area. This seems like a smart move - let the cities engage the counties and States to get what they want, but don't make it so complex about what can be put where so that no one wants to provide service.
Corporate tax rates for the US were near the highest in the world. Not just statutory, but effective tax rates. Companies are now bringing back cash and operations because it's financially viable now. Or should corporations just pay and pay and pay? You take every deduction you can - why shouldn't someone else?
We are talking corporate taxes, and for those we're right at or very near the top. Well ahead of most of Europe in terms of statutory, average, and effective corporate tax rates. Why do companies do things like relocate to Ireland, the Netherlands, and other places in the EU? Because it was cheaper than the US.
So then, perhaps you can explain how companies are now repatriating massive amounts of capital, and then re-investing in new buildings, factories, and employees here in the US? All happening after our corporate tax rates were cut down to a point to be competitive with the EU and OECD (you do know that our statutory, effective, and average corporate tax rates were at or very near the top, didn't you?). Why did business wait until then to explode in the US. Why is growth a bad thing?
everyone is using it
Yes, the "market share" defense seems 100% appropriate here. Not everyone - or even a significant portion of phone consumers - buy an iPhone.
As far as how many other companies are matching? Samsung sells two smartphones for every one that Apple sells, and Huawei is about on par with Apple, with Oppo not far behind. The trends are unmistakable; Samsung and Android will be dominant for a long time, Huawei, Oppo and the other major Chinese brands will follow up behind Samsung, and Apple will continue its slide into single digits and irrelevancy.