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To: mowowie

Hilarious. Google, facebook and apple are the biggest Dem contributors. Anything that Buttcrack Odumbo says , they do.


11 posted on 01/24/2015 10:14:34 PM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: max americana
Hilarious. Google, facebook and apple are the biggest Dem contributors. Anything that Buttcrack Odumbo says , they do.

Actually, historically, under Steve Jobs, Apple was not a major contributor. Look it up. They have given far less to politicians and political causes than most other technical companies. They have generally avoided it. In fact when one Democrat politician asked Jobs why Apple was not more forthcoming with support, Jobs is reported to have replied that "Half of Apple's customers are Republicans. I don't intend to anger half of our Apple customers from either side, so we don't make political contributions." For the most part, throughout Steve Jobs tenure, Apple stuck to that corporate policy.

Microsoft, Intel, Google, Dell, Facebook, and others gave a LOT more than Apple to Democrats than Apple ever did.

Even privately, in the 12 years leading up to his death, Jobs' political contributions were meager compared to other billionaires, totaling less than $200,000. Since his death his wife is much more politically active.

Apple does have an Employees Political Action Committee, but that is not controlled by Apple. Contributions from that organization has generally split donations between Democrat and Republican candidates by about 80-20. . . but it is a purely voluntary organization.

I think that no politics policy is changing under Tim Cook.

24 posted on 01/25/2015 1:16:43 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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