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meow2u3

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2. Here's one solution the tax dodgers won't like in the least

Reply to Viva_Daddy (Original post)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:06 PM

Sep 2012

The Feds should make them an offer they can't refuse. Either their money comes back to the States or they forfeit every penny. I don't care whether it's a matter of civil or criminal forfeiture.

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TENS of TRILLIONS stashed ILLEGALLY in tax havens [View all] Viva_Daddy Sep 2012 OP

And we wonder why our government is in so much debt. Initech Sep 2012 #1

Here's one solution the tax dodgers won't like in the least meow2u3 Sep 2012 #2

What YOU said!. . . n/t annabanana Sep 2012 #5

rAmen to that! nt hifiguy Sep 2012 #7

And please note that when you see the statistics that the 1% are paying a reasonable share BlueStreak Sep 2012 #3

We also get too wrapped up/distracted by income taxes. Wealth taxes is where the money is Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #8

Or to put it another way, does the world really need any more Paris Hiltons? BlueStreak Sep 2012 #9

Mostly just to kick this. It was only about half of the founders, at best. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #10

Kicking because you're RIGHT.. It's IMPORTANT annabanana Sep 2012 #4

In this area both parties are prtty much the same el_bryanto Sep 2012 #6