<i>“That is total political crap,” Cook fired back. He said he’d “love to bring it home” but doesn’t because “it would cost me 40%... and I don’t think that’s a reasonable thing to do. This is a tax code, Charlie, that was made for the industrial age, not the digital age. It’s backwards. It’s awful for America. It should have been fixed many years ago. It’s past time to get it done.”</i>
I&#x27;m a little insulted by the fact that Cook thinks it&#x27;s up to him to decide whether or not his company should be paying taxes. Obviously they&#x27;ve found a loophole, but his phrasing suggests he&#x27;s doing it for the greater good. Maybe if Apple and similar huge companies actually paid those 40% (I doubt it&#x27;s that high a percentage) to government, public school could get more funding, etc. and the US wouldn&#x27;t need as much philanthropy.