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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 01:06 PM
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Right-wing dipshit argues that secret Swiss bank accounts are a good thing... seriously


This week's agreement between UBS and the Internal Revenue Service to reveal the names of Americans holding secret Swiss bank accounts ... is a terrible thing. There are going to be major unintended consequences.

You may think this is about rich tax cheats—but no matter what your income is—your taxes are lower because of tax havens. And they help prevent tyranny by corrupt governments.

Follow me here.
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You can "follow" her idiotic argument here:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/32491581



If there's a god, the Republicans will come out hard in favor of secret Swiss bank accounts as a "tax haven".

Please...please...please, Mr. Steele. Blast-fax it to all the RW radio hosts.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 01:13 PM
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1. This Is Bloody-Minded Nonesense, Sir
The principal effect of tax evasion in this manner is to raise taxes on persons unable to avail themselves of these schemes for cheating. If all taxes owed were paid up, the rates would be less.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 01:15 PM
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2. Arming all high school students for safety's sake will prevent tyranny
from corrupt governments. Follow me here.

Blowing up abortion clinics and killing doctors will prevent tyranny from corrupt governments. Just follow me. Like a lemming.
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:04 PM
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3. Hear the voice of one of the village elders:
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith
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