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Apple got the government to impose a tax on tablet computer sales and to turn over the revenue to the company. That’s not exactly what happened, but pretty close when it managed to persuade a California judge to pull Samsung’s Galaxy tablets off the shelves in a patent infringement suit. This will allow Apple to sell more of its iPads at a higher price than would otherwise be the case.