Pompous Asses: Senators Levin, McCain and the 98 other Clowns in their sumptuous Clown Car called the Senate - The Big Apple Circus

This great 'maverick' is also part of the "Gang of Eight"  

 John McCain joined Levin in objecting to their obedience. “For years,” McCain griped, “Apple has opted to forego fully contributing to the U.S. Treasury and to American society by shifting profits and circumventing U.S. taxes.” A reminder to the maverick: You are discussing taxes. One cannot “opt” out of taxes. If Apple has done something wrong, then prosecute them. If not, stay quiet. When you imply that a beloved company isn’t fully “contributing to American society” if it declines to hand over some of its hard-earned cash to the federal treasury, you sound like a fool. 
That is because he, Levin and most of their colleagues are fools! Unfortunately, most have also "fooled us twice" and they were reelected. m/r

The Big Apple Circus | National Review Online
Apple pays all the taxes it owes, and Congress pretends it’s a crime. 

By Charles C. W. Cooke from May 22, 2013

In our age of sclerotic growth and sprawling, dysfunctional government, Apple, Inc., represents an astonishing success story.

Since its nadir in 1997, the company has increased in value by 6,413 percent. Today Apple, which is estimated to have created around 600,000 jobs, is worth more than the entire American aircraft-carrier fleet. They’re good for the government, too: “To our knowledge Apple is the largest corporate taxpayer in America,” CEO Tim Cook noted yesterday morning. “We paid $6 billion in cash to the U.S. Treasury [in 2012] — that’s $16 million each day. And we expect to pay even more this year.”

Clearly, this is a company that deserves a show trial in Congress.
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