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Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens
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| April 3, 2016
| Richard Bilton
Posted on 04/03/2016 1:20:59 PM PDT by NCjim
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posted on
04/03/2016 1:20:59 PM PDT
by
NCjim
To: NCjim
Bill and Hillary in there?
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posted on
04/03/2016 1:26:18 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: NCjim
Iceland’s government I likely to fall on Monday because of this.
And Cameron’s family is involved.
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posted on
04/03/2016 1:26:44 PM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
04/03/2016 1:36:21 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: Admin Moderator
This is a new story, I put it in breaking news, it was removed from there. Did I do something wrong?
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posted on
04/03/2016 1:42:21 PM PDT
by
NCjim
(Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
04/03/2016 1:46:50 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: NCjim
It will be interesting to see who makes up the list, and why the rest of Bernie's "1%" can't use this little hole to keep socialist meathooks off their money...
I'm a big fan of keeping the government and their minions on the edge of starvation. No one should consider government service a road to wealth.
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posted on
04/03/2016 1:56:39 PM PDT
by
jonascord
(It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
To: NCjim
Looting your country, of course, is a bad thing.
Financial privacy, on the other hand, is a good thing. In many countries it is a matter of personal security to keep your personal finances private.
And, for me, there is no personal freedom without financial privacy. Not in the world as we know it.
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posted on
04/03/2016 1:57:59 PM PDT
by
marron
To: NCjim
To: jonascord
No one should consider government service a road to wealthWhy not?
It's practically the only one left.
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posted on
04/03/2016 2:05:33 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Diseases desperate grown, are by desperate appliance relieved, or not at all)
To: NCjim
Operation Just Cause ping.
To: NCjim
In the US, unlike Europe, income is taxed not wealth. The only time wealth is involved is in estate transfer due to death.
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posted on
04/03/2016 2:11:41 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
To: NCjim
From a
REPORT on the Panama Papers in the UK Guardian:
The families of at least eight current and former members of Chinas supreme ruling body, the politburo, have been found to have hidden wealth offshore.
Any word yet on Chavista Regime money in the Panama Papers?
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posted on
04/03/2016 2:15:53 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: NCjim
Interesting. Never heard of this.
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posted on
04/03/2016 2:22:46 PM PDT
by
monkeywrench
(Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
To: monkeywrench
Going to be a big picnic invitation to Ft Marcy Park soon.
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posted on
04/03/2016 2:35:48 PM PDT
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
To: marron
Financial privacy, on the other hand, is a good thing. In many countries it is a matter of personal security to keep your personal finances private. And, for me, there is no personal freedom without financial privacy. Not in the world as we know it.
Well said!
Most people don't know that the USA is the only 1st world nation that taxes it's citizens on economic activity they undertake outside the USA. FATCA requires foreign banks to report on all American citizens private accounts and the penalties are very high for the banks if they make a mistake. As a result, if you are a honest businessman it has become very difficult to open an account outside the country.
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posted on
04/03/2016 2:37:50 PM PDT
by
wmfights
(a stranger in a hostile and foreign land that used to be my home)
To: NCjim
For later after the list comes out.
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posted on
04/03/2016 2:39:27 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: VanShuyten
The list will not have any No American pols on it per the person responsible for it: Soros.
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posted on
04/03/2016 2:44:46 PM PDT
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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posted on
04/03/2016 2:50:53 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: Mouton
Correct. No Americans (yet) on the list but you can access the Panama Papers
DATABASE to see a list players. No surprise that Venezuelan Chavistas are on the list such as Jesús Villanueva, former director of their oil industry. Here is the
ENTRY:
Jesús Villanueva
Director of PdVSA (2005-2008); Auditor of PdVSA
Jesus Villanueva rose quickly within Petroleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), the state oil company, after Hugo Chavez's election as president in 1998. Villanueva served as general auditor, then as a director in 2002, later returning to auditor and then becoming a director again in 2005. A 2006 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission noted that since he was Audit Committee vice president and also the Audit Committee Financial Expert, Villanueva was not "independent" as defined by the New York Stock Exchange. He left the board in 2008, when Chavez replaced six directors but continued as auditor. Villanueva exposed in a 2009 PdVSA confidential memo costly problems with a nationwide food supply network created by Chavez and PdVSA; an audit revealed that only 25 percent of the more than $2.2 million in food imports ordered by mid-2008 had reached Venezuela within six months after payment. PdVSA is currently the focus of a large U.S. investigation into graft, money laundering and other corruption.
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posted on
04/03/2016 3:12:27 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
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