Corporations like Apple, for example.
At a conference in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Woz told Sky News on Thursday: "Criticism of Apple's tax policies is extremely warranted, in my mind, but my explanation is rather long and difficult."
It's a pity he wasn't asked to testify before the Senate last week. Its members seemed to have all day to listen to Tim Cook.
Still, as the Telegraph reports, Woz insisted that, quite simply, corporations should be taxed on what they earn, just like real human beings.
Woz spoke of lawyers he knows who work in California, but pretend to live in Nevada to minimize their tax exposure (and, perhaps, to maximize their time with Mila, the Vegas lap dancer).
He explained that he feared corporations -- Apple included, by implication -- simply have no scruples: "For a corporation, there's no such thing as personal ethics. It's like you will do anything, any scheme you can, to maximize your profits."
Woz passionately believes that Apple's original ethos and intention was to help the little people succeed against the bigger people.
Woz: Apple's tax practices are stinky | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
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