@DUANEALLEN Madonna may have moved to "socialist Portugal" but did anyone ask her if she left her cash in a tax haven in the name of a shell company to avoid paying socialist taxes upon it?
Why do so many tax cheats want a more socialist economy? Provided their money isn't taxed
Madonna was exposed in the #ParadisePapers for going through #MossackFonseca & investing money in a Bermuda based shell company providing 'medical supplies'. Taxes for us but tax havens for Madonna.
Maybe she is in Portugal to avoid indictment...
But Madonna's not the only one, she shares that dubious distinction of being in favor of higher taxes while using illegal shell companies to avoid taxes with people like Harvey Weinstein and many others. theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/…
@NeonNettle needs to do a follow up story on Madonna in Portugal. She may be living there, but we need to know in what tax jurisdiction she lists as home to collect her royalties! Did she move her taxes to socialist Portugal? Or does she still collect royalties in a low tax area?
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Gone are the days of German leaders from East Germany, weakening NATO by not spending their agreed upon defense budget.
Gone are the days fo German politicians buying energy from Russia & taking Swampy deals & well paid seats on Russian company boards.
Credit Suisse pleads guilty & flips for helping 475 US account holders hide billions from the IRS in off-shore accounts.
They have also signed a deferred prosecution agreement for other crimes & agreed to cooperate!
Crimes from 2010-2021!
#ButNothingsHappening
Credit Suisse will pay $510M in fines & penalties in addition to the guilty plea.
After corrupt bankers collapsed Credit Suisse, UBS bought them & are now also forced to comply with the cooperation agreement!
It's a 2 for 1 special!
The reason for the requirement to plead guilty is likely because when they committed these crimes, they were under a Deferred Prosecution Agreement signed in 2014 that required their cooperation.
They didn't think DOJ would hold them to it!
How long before people realize that Trump sets up cases to get precedents set in court?
Once the exact parameters & processes for using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 are confirmed deporting Tren de Aragua, how long does Trump wait to use it on China's 1000 Talents spy program?
It would be very easy to prove in court by the precedents set at this time that the 1000 Talents program is a predatory incursion against the United States by the Chinese government.