Posts by tony2heads 1344 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Apr 2010
I have worked in the Netherlands where they DO tax your savings (except if towards a pension)
so:
- If you have a bank account they ASSUME you get 4% return, and then want 30% of that (i.e 1.2%) EVEN if you don't get 1.2% interest on it.
- If you own a house outright they want to tax an hypothetical return that you would get by renting it out. Our tax advice was never to pay off a mortgage, since keeping one we would not own the house and could get mortgage relief on earnings or pensions
The game is totally different for corporations & multinationals.
I am just pointing out that some governments think otherwise about savings.
Surely it depends on which lead-free solder you use. There are many options and it is up to an engineer to pick an appropriate one and verify the process that solders components to the motherboard. Both are Apple's responsibility.
By the way - anyone know which solder they chose?
Global is great for commodity stuff but (to get back to the bookcase example) we went to a local firm to get one made to fit in our specific house.
If local business wants to survive they will have to go for tailor-made solutions to specific needs. If not going full-on Jermyn Street at least to alterations to jeans (I can never buy ones that fit).
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