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AdHocSolver

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8. Closing the barn door after the cattle already escaped.

Thu May 17, 2012, 11:38 PM

May 2012

Better for the U.S. would be for Congress to rewrite the tax code to realize taxes on the profits gained by corporations and the wealthy who hide their money in offshore tax havens like the Cayman Islands.

The guy obviously doesn't intend to return to the U.S. anyway, so how does this "punish" him for leaving?

This is just another example of political grandstanding.

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Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2012 #1

Good! Now let's all chip in to send the jackass beac May 2012 #2

I'd pay the tax and stay in America. Dawson Leery May 2012 #3

I love how he's claiming he's a "citizen of the world". beac May 2012 #4

Cool. ForgoTheConsequence May 2012 #5

Government sucks? PSPS May 2012 #6

The part where you're not allowed to chew gum or get caned for grafitti? Raster May 2012 #10

Ha. ForgoTheConsequence May 2012 #29

An absolutely gorgeous country. nt humblebum May 2012 #27

I guess I missed something Scairp May 2012 #26

The answer is all over the internet and al over DU. n/t beac May 2012 #30

Ok Scairp May 2012 #33

Good. He stole at least $67M from us. We should bar him. SunSeeker May 2012 #7

He chose Singapore because of previous family ties. former9thward May 2012 #18

I thought he was born in Brazil? jpak May 2012 #20

My error and corrected. former9thward May 2012 #21

Got a link for those "family ties"?-- b/c your post is the only place I've heard this excuse. n/t beac May 2012 #31

Excuse? former9thward May 2012 #37

And so you contend that he left the US for the "great country" of beac May 2012 #39

Do you think a billionaire is concerned by any of the things in your post? former9thward May 2012 #40

"Individuals are taxed only on the income earned in Singapore." beac May 2012 #41

Second post where you put "great country" in quotes former9thward May 2012 #42

You're right.... I should have put "place" beac May 2012 #43

The U.S. is the greatest country for me to live in. former9thward May 2012 #45

A truly virtuoso attempt at backpedaling. beac May 2012 #46

Unlike you I don't backpedal from anything. former9thward May 2012 #48

I'm pretty sure by now that you have NO idea what the word beac May 2012 #49

Accept you don't know how to read posts and see someone about it. former9thward May 2012 #50

And with this post I will have reached my self-imposed limit on beac May 2012 #51

Renunciation is required to aleve one of their American tax burden Bluenorthwest May 2012 #23

he is not going to avoid any taxes naaman fletcher May 2012 #24

The Wall Street Journal does not agree w/you: beac May 2012 #32

Right naaman fletcher May 2012 #35

And I, for one, hope that's how it pans out and that his little FU to beac May 2012 #36

Closing the barn door after the cattle already escaped. AdHocSolver May 2012 #8

"like" n/t 2banon May 2012 #9

Yes. Corporations and other businesses should be paying higher taxes JDPriestly May 2012 #12

Face of the 1% RobertEarl May 2012 #11

I wonder why the article doesn't mention that he was born in Brazil? I also find it interesting still_one May 2012 #13

If this fuckers life is threatened again, should we let him back in ? JI7 May 2012 #14

What a waste of Congressional effort, time, and money Roland99 May 2012 #15

Distract people from real problems? harmonicon May 2012 #16

This is worse than Congress getting involved in MLB/NFL Roland99 May 2012 #17

Media says "jump!" and people from the street right up through congress ask "how high, sir?" (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #25

K&R lsewpershad May 2012 #19

I dunno, I fail to find this argument especially convincing somehow Spider Jerusalem May 2012 #22

That's how I understand it too. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #34

Good! What doesn't he get about now keep the fuck out! You took your ball and went "home." Now lonestarnot May 2012 #28

Good. Pay your dues or STFU! Fearless May 2012 #38

Sadly, he'll be mucking up Singapore's political process now. Unite2DefeatGOP May 2012 #44

And I felt pretty sympathetic for him in "The Social Network" too. ButterflyBlood May 2012 #47

Never trust a movie ryan waller May 2012 #53

Setting aside the tax angle quakerboy May 2012 #52

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