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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Schools Matter: Wanted: Computer of Apple Quality Not Made in Poisonous Factory by Slave Labor

Schools Matter: Wanted: Computer of Apple Quality Not Made in Poisonous Factory by Slave Labor:

Wanted: Computer of Apple Quality Not Made in Poisonous Factory by Slave Labor

Yesterday I was at the gym watching on closed caption the story of Apple's cash problems. Seems they have almost a hundred billion bucks (more than most European countries) that they don't know what do with, except to hold it for the next inevitable bankster-inspired economic depression.

Looks like they could at least afford haz-mat suits for the Chinese peasants who get paid pennies to polish their expensive Apples in plants where suicide provides an attractive alternative to a life of hell.

I've been an Apple user for a long time, but I am definitely looking for another option that doesn't run on Gates.

A tiny clip from the NYTimes:
. . . . the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often labor in harsh conditions,