You can make a case (not a very good one, but you can make it) that the money that Apple earns under the protection of the US Government, in the US, should pay something towards the costs of running that US Government.

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In addition, the lower the interest rate, the lower the US dollar and the more likely the US is to move towards running an export surplus.

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