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elleng

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16. FACTS ARE IMPORTANT.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #10)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:45 PM

May 2012

As Spider Jerusalem said below, at #13, Diplomats pay no tax by agreed international convention.

The number of accredited diplomats is very small. It is one thing for accredited diplomats who are not resident in their country of citizenship to pay no tax; it is quite another thing for tax evasion and avoidance to be such a widespread and endemic problem in an entire country that it's estimated at as much as €13 billion annually. The Greek finance minister estimated the shortfall in tax revenues due to evasion as being roughly equivalent to the size of the budget deficit. . .

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Christine Lagarde, scourge of tax evaders, pays no tax [View all] Neue Regel May 2012 OP

This is NOT news, elleng May 2012 #1

How is it not news? Neue Regel May 2012 #2

Its part of her contract, nothing NEW about it, elleng May 2012 #4

Many are not comfortable with the way the IMF and World Bank do business abelenkpe May 2012 #7

who wrote her contract? the rich elite roguevalley May 2012 #21

Not only am I uncomfortable with it..... DeSwiss May 2012 #25

One rule for the rich, another for the poor. nt SunSeeker May 2012 #3

No, ALL IMF employees. elleng May 2012 #5

Yes, and they are rich compared to most people on this planet. SunSeeker May 2012 #6

By that standard, you would complain about U.S. Federal Government employees, elleng May 2012 #7

you are very defensive Skittles May 2012 #10

FACTS ARE IMPORTANT. elleng May 2012 #16

Diplomats pay taxes to their own country Sanity Claws May 2012 #23

Americans are almost the only people in the world taxed on the basis of citizenship. Spider Jerusalem May 2012 #30

OOH OOH OOH!!! Skittles May 2012 #33

Nope. All U.S. government employees pay income taxes. SunSeeker May 2012 #11

us federal employees pay taxes. She doesn't roguevalley May 2012 #19

Federal government employees are exempt from paying taxes? brentspeak May 2012 #28

NO, we pay taxes, elleng May 2012 #29

And this supports your defense of Christine "Bankster Loan Shark Spokesperson" Lagarde, how? brentspeak May 2012 #31

I responded to #6 above. elleng May 2012 #32

this is about lagarde and her dumbass commentary frylock May 2012 #9

Know of any poverty-stricken IMF employees? brentspeak May 2012 #27

Typical jackassery from the world wealthy/elite, and before I'm jumped on... Comrade_McKenzie May 2012 #12

And...so? Diplomats pay no tax. This is by agreed international convention. Spider Jerusalem May 2012 #13

Thanks SO MUCH, Spider! elleng May 2012 #15

Hypocricy not so much, it seems. Occulus May 2012 #17

Still don't get it, do you??? elleng May 2012 #18

wow. In greece they are abandoning four and roguevalley May 2012 #22

name a diplomat that isn't rich. Just because roguevalley May 2012 #20

How many United Nations employees are there? may3rd May 2012 #14

Of course..... DeSwiss May 2012 #24

Ofc they dont pay taxes Dokkie May 2012 #26

Do as I say... rayofreason May 2012 #34

Why not blame all UN officials Jeneral2885 May 2012 #35

She not evading anything dipsydoodle May 2012 #36

Nothing in the OP says she is evading taxes. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #37

aside from the subject line dipsydoodle May 2012 #38

"Pays no tax" is not the same as "evades taxes". Prometheus Bound May 2012 #39