"'Still, some, including De Anza College’s president, Mr. Murphy, say the
philanthropy and job creation do not offset Apple’s and other companies’
decisions to circumvent taxes. Within 20 minutes of the financially
ailing school are the global headquarters of Google, Facebook, Intel,
Hewlett-Packard and Cisco.
“When it comes time for all these companies — Google and Apple and
Facebook and the rest — to pay their fair share, there’s a knee-jerk
resistance,” Mr. Murphy said. “They’re philosophically antitax, and it’s
decimating the state.”
“But I’m not complaining,” he added. “We can’t afford to upset these guys. We need every dollar we can get.'”
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