Apple CEO Tim Cook gave an interview to The Irish Independent newspaper about the European Commission’s (hereafter EComm) finding that Apple’s tax arrangements in Ireland contravene EU law on state subsidies, and therefore some retropayment of tax is appropriate http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/no-one-did-anything-wrong-here-and-ireland-is-being-picked-on-it-is-total-political-crap-35012145.html The views of Mr. Cook being reported are: this is “political crap“, “politics at play“, and…