I detect a president who thinks he’s found a very potent political argument. Having gone soft on the bankers, letting all the big fish skate after wrecking the economy, the president has figured out that people just won’t stand for a tax system that leaves regular people holding the tab while CEOs figure out how to screw the public, day after day. And, so, he’s now personally calling for an end to so-called tax “inversions”
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Obama: Companies “cherry-picking the rules, and it damages the country’s finances”
Posted on 24 July 2014.
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Retroactive, Of Course
Posted on 23 July 2014.
In the debate over tax inversions–that little corporate maneuver to reincorporate abroad to avoid U.S. taxes–there’s a little fight going on about a small but significant issue: if legislation passes to stop this scam, should it be retroactive? Of course it should.
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No, Miles, It Does Matter
Posted on 21 July 2014.
Love those CEOs obfuscating the truth. I know, you’re shocked. This little pearl comes in the arena of tax avoidance.
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