Apple Could Build Its Products in the U.S. and Still Make Tons of Cash

Mike Elgan (9:03 am PDT, Apr 24)

www.cultofmac.com

You know how Apple makes most of its gear in far-off lands where the people that build them make shamefully little? We always assumed that it had to be like that for Apple to run a successful business. Turns out, that's not the case at all.

A new study from the University of Manchester's Center for Research on Socio-Cultural Change claims that even if Apple shifted all of its manufacturing over to the U.S. it would still maintain gross margins of 50 percent. In other words, it would be creating tens of thousands of jobs, boosting the U.S. economy, and it would still be making boat loads of cash. Sounds like a good deal all around, right?

Here's the thing, though: it will never, ever happen.

Why? Because Apple is a publicly owned company. That means that Apple has a responsibility to its shareholders, and that responsibility includes making stupid amounts of money for them. Maaaaaybe if they were a private company, heard the voice of god, and suddenly became incredibly altruistic, but, well, that's not Apple. Still, it's a very interesting read and it really makes one think about our economy. Our stupid, horrible, doomed economy. [CReSC via Cult of Mac]

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Editorial note:

It doesn't say why the do it there, other than saying overall profit. WELL, here' what you do: 1: 

Eliminate the Corporate Tax (the highest in the world) 2: Place a TARIFF on all imports (like every 

other trading country does) 3: States and Municipalities needs to be restricted from jumping in with 

all the insidious taxes they come up with that kill business but be allowed them to use incentives for 

hard hit employment areas It's the carrot AND the stick. 

It would work DRAMATICALLY! Bringing MILLIONS of manufacturing jobs . Oh. the THIRD THING? Keep 

the unions out with a private voting system for employees (like Honda does...)

 Ta DA! Oh.... make jobs a PRIORITY over the "snail darter" and all the tree-hugger agenda. require 

manufacturing to be environmentally aware. There. The basics. EVERY POINT HAS TO BE 

IMPLEMENTED.

 It won't work otherwise. You have to break the parasitic instincts of government and level the

 world playing field.

The Editor


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