In California, the SEIU, never one to hide its goals of wealth redistribution, is targeting Apple–urging the company to pay more in taxes.
“They have a staggering amount of cash in off-shore and out-of-state accounts, more than Google or other companies, and public resources that our members rely on — transit, public schools — are struggling,” said SEIU representative Alfredo Fletes. “We need to remind Apple that they impact these things too.”
For an hour this morning, Fletes and his colleagues politely handed out fliers and held signs detailing the scope in which they believe the tech company is avoiding its duties to California. According to SEIU, California loses $221 million in corporate tax because of Apple profits held in Nevada subsidies.
No word yet as to when Apple will finally figure out that there are more tax friendly states to which to move to from California.
Read the whole thing at Mission Loc@l.
