Liberals get a taste of International Law and they don't like it

Creating Orwellian Worldview ^ | 10/1/09 | alaphiah

[Tax-chick]

a man who plead guilty to statuary rape

Have you considered hiring an editor?

"Pled" guilty. "Statutory" rape.

[Cyber Liberty]

....for the first time in history under Obama the U.S. is pressuring Swiss government to release information on secret banking accounts held there.

I don't think that's accurate. I think we've been getting "secret account" information from the Swiss banks for years.

[Cyber Liberty]

Oh, I dunno. Polanski may have had a marble fetish.

(Beware of the Spell Checker!)

[Alaphiah123]

I'm sorry but other sources report the same thing that TIME reported Federal authorities have filed a lawsuit against Swiss-based bank UBS, seeking the identities of up to 52,000 U.S. customers. The suit filed in Miami Thursday seeks to force the firm to turn over information on customers who hid their accounts from the U.S. government in violation of tax laws.
This story was reported by USATODY on February 19, 2009, Thursday http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/brokerage/2009-02-18-ubs-settles-sec-charges_N.htm I could cite at least half a dozon more. I'm not attempting to be right for the sake of being right but it seems you are disregarding the fact just to make your point.

[Alaphiah123]

cite please!

[Cyber Liberty]

I’m content to sit and watch you two fight it out. I’m a little busy, feeding the hands of industry.

I believe in “Credit where credit is due,” but I have a hard time believing any credit redounds to Obama for this in the least. Just my opinion, so no cites. Sorry.

[Alaphiah123]

email me if you’re interested in the job.

[Cyber Liberty]

Thanks. It is true, but I am sure an intelligent author such as yourself could have come up with some less vulgar way to dismiss people whose opinion you don’t share.

[Alaphiah123]

Oh I wasn't attempting to dismiss you any more than you in your genteel manner was attempt to dismiss me.

[Cyber Liberty]

Regardless, it gives me a name of somebody to steer past when I see a thread designed to drive traffic to his/her personal blog....and I sincerely thank you for that.

[JOHN ADAMS]

The IRS lays out its steps here:
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=110092,00.html
The item you’re referring to is third from the top in this list, which as you can see goes back for quite a while. If you’re not a lawyer, your error is entirely excusable: frequently, when the government is investigating someone or some entity, they will approach the target and reach an agreement on remedy, and then file both the case itself and the resolution at the same time — or in this instance, an agreement to defer prosecution, which means that as long as the entity cooperates it won’t get indicted.

Legal Actions to Date
Aug. 21, 2009 — Former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld was sentenced to 40 months in prison. Birkenfeld worked as a private banker for UBS AG and assisted an American billionaire real estate developer evade paying $7.2 million in taxes.

Aug. 20, 2009 — Hansruedi Schumacher and Matthias Rickenbach were indicted for conspiring to assist wealthy American clients conceal their assets by establishing sham offshore entities. Schumacher was an executive manager at Neue Zuercher Bank (NZB), a private Swiss bank. Rickenbach was a Swiss attorney who advised U.S. clients.

Feb. 18, 2009 — UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by impeding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Nov. 12, 2008 — Raoul Weil, a senior executive of a large Swiss bank, was charged with conspiring with other executives, managers, private bankers and clients of the banking firm to defraud the United States.

June 30, 2008 — The Justice Department filed papers seeking an order from a federal court in Miami, Fla., authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to use a John Doe summons to request information from Zurich, Switzerland-based UBS AG about U.S. taxpayers who may be using Swiss bank accounts to evade federal income taxes.

May 13, 2008 — Banker Mario Staggl was indicted for conspiring with banker Bradley Birkenfeld to assist an American billionaire real estate developer evade paying $7.2 million in taxes by assisting in concealing $200 million of assets in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Dec. 12, 2007 — Igor Olenicoff, president and owner of Olen Properties Corporation, pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return for tax year 2002 related to foreign bank accounts he failed to disclose to the IRS. According to Olenicoff’s plea agreement, during the years 1992 through 2004, Olenicoff owned, controlled and had signatory authority over financial accounts outside of the United States.

[Alaphiah123]

If you’re not a lawyer, your error is entirely excusable

Huh? I cited two different Media sources which state that suits were filed in February by the Justice Department demanding that Swiss banks release names and accounts, which you said were accurately cited, and now you're attempting to snowball the facts with diversion. Mr. Adams I have nothing but the greatest respect and admiration for your moniker, who in person, perhaps did not receive the credit that he deserved as he was one of the brightest of the brilliant minds that first guided this country. However your insistence not to acquiesce the point in the face of facts is most troubling. If you are an Attorney then you must now see why your profession is seen in such low esteem by many among the general populist.

[Alaphiah123]

While you're steering past please do so because of your own hypocrisy! This is your own vulgar tag line: Ram "Health Care Reform" down our throats in '09, and we'll ram it up your @ss in '10. Physician heal thyself! BTW I'm closed minded so if your author anything I'd be happy to read your work! Cheers