[jaymzcampbell]

Unless Apple are running a break-even charity they are making money on each employee - which I would guess is due to a combination of the employees skill (gained in some way through this "free" education) and the business as a whole. In what way is there no obligation on Apple the company to pay back to society? One of the whole points of being a full time employee (as opposed to contracting under your own company) - is that the company pays taxes on your behalf to the state.

[fastball]

When you say "they are making money", who do you mean exactly?

A company is a collection of individuals and in the case of a public corporation, shareholders. Are not all of these participants paying their fair share of taxes?

The employees pay income tax, the shareholders should be paying taxes on dividends or capital transactions or what not.