The Panama Papers

[gwb72tii]

it's not necessarily illegal, but this specific example is dishonest.

I itemize my deductions to minimize my taxable income - any sane person would do so. However, the difference is I don't hide income sources & use shell companies to make it look like my income is less than it really is.

the irony is, you guys are sticking up for them - but the people they are screwing is all of us, and I don't mean just me and my fellow "socialists" (lol, nice insult - anyone who doesn't agree, must be a socialist).

not defending anyone that does anything illegal, thanks
as i said before they s/b hung by their thumbs

[BraveUlysses]

it's not necessarily illegal, but this specific example is dishonest.

I itemize my deductions to minimize my taxable income - any sane person would do so. However, the difference is I don't hide income sources & use shell companies to make it look like my income is less than it really is.

the irony is, you guys are sticking up for them - but the people they are screwing is all of us, and I don't mean just me and my fellow "socialists" (lol, nice insult - anyone who doesn't agree, must be a socialist).

Not to mention, you don't get any real say in or benefits from the rules and exceptions that the wealthy lobby for.

[nando]

it's not necessarily illegal, but this specific example is dishonest.

I itemize my deductions to minimize my taxable income - any sane person would do so. However, the difference is I don't hide income sources & use shell companies to make it look like my income is less than it really is.

the irony is, you guys are sticking up for them - but the people they are screwing is all of us, and I don't mean just me and my fellow "socialists" (lol, nice insult - anyone who doesn't agree, must be a socialist).

[gwb72tii]

I knew there wouldn't be many because its easy enough to avoid taxes in the US anyway, there are companies started out of the very idea of avoiding as many as you can through deductions lol.

true, and there is nothing dishonest or dishonorable about avoiding taxes as much and as fully as allowed to by current IRS strangulations, oops i mean regulations

[nando]

what are you talking about? is reality that difficult for you to handle?

I didn't make any judgments. I just said most likely, there are people from the US who are doing the same thing as the people from the Panama leak, but they haven't been caught yet. You made up the rest yourself.

[marshallnoise]

nice, solid argument. You sure showed him! ;)

There's undoubtedly a similar company with a similar list of US names. One thing that's interesting is this leak goes back 40 years - if you look at how full of holes corporate web security is these days, it's only a matter of time before secrets like this are leaked. It might be 40 more years, but it will happen.

Just can't wait, can you?

Sharpen the pitchforks!!!

[marshallnoise]

You have problems reading sarcasm and social context, back out of P&R i go.

Just so you can be a more effective internet troll: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

[marshallnoise]

Keep it civil, people.

Noted.

[nando]

You are really stupid, aren't you?

nice, solid argument. You sure showed him! ;)

There's undoubtedly a similar company with a similar list of US names. One thing that's interesting is this leak goes back 40 years - if you look at how full of holes corporate web security is these days, it's only a matter of time before secrets like this are leaked. It might be 40 more years, but it will happen.

[agent]

This is a car forum. We understand that people want to talk about things besides cars sometimes, and that often includes political and religious topics. But this is NOT a place for rampant and uncontrolled flaming and/or personal attacks.

Keep it civil, people.

[Wschnitz]

You have problems reading sarcasm and social context, back out of P&R i go.

[marshallnoise]

I knew there wouldn't be many because its easy enough to avoid taxes in the US anyway, there are companies started out of the very idea of avoiding as many as you can through deductions lol.

You are really stupid, aren't you?

[Wschnitz]

I knew there wouldn't be many because its easy enough to avoid taxes in the US anyway, there are companies started out of the very idea of avoiding as many as you can through deductions lol.

[marshallnoise]

Makes Nap Smiley, Asks what I mean when I comment on it?????????


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Its not hypocritical to want US names, Why should the rest of the world get to see who is corrupt while we just have to assume everyone is :P

If you hover over the fucking smiley, it clearly says "Yawn." Booooring.

Well isn't that the whole problem? Once again, the presumption is that every rich person is corrupt until proven otherwise. And even then, they are still rich and should be spat upon.

It is hypocritical that you accuse me of launching a crusade against the poor when you did indeed launch a crusade against the rich.

:fishslap:

[Kershaw]

Apparently there are more coming, but they're just not as high profile as the rest of the worlds.

Ramon Fonseca, one of the founders of the firm, told AP earlier this week that he has never really liked dealing with Americans. I think the firm was leery that it could come into the limelight and draw attention from the DOJ. On first, second and third glance, there is little doubt that the data is full of foreign names and companies.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4ebjbd/we_are_the_us_mcclatchy_reporting_team_working/