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Tag Archives: Tax Havens
Why Don’t Billionaires Pay the Same High Tax Rates the Rest of Us Pay?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The truth is America has lost its way if commoners pay a rate of 40% but its billionaires pay next to nothing. As with everything else in polarized America, billionaires proclaiming space … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Billionaires, Cartels, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Medicare, Monopolies, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Social Security, Tax Havens, Taxes
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For Whom the Bell Tolls: A Report on the State of Planet Earth at Year’s End 2020
By Robert J. Burrowes In 1624, English poet John Donne penned his famous poem ‘No Man Is an Island’, sublimely evoking the reality of human unity: ‘Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.’ Therefore, he concluded his poem, ‘never … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, education, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, Housing Crisis, Inequality, internet freedom, media, Militarization, military spending, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, police state, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology, war
Tagged 2020, 5G, ABM treaty, activism, Big Tech, Bill Gates, Biodiversity, Climate Change, corporate media, Covid-19, DARPA, Deforestation, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, environment, Extinction, Factory Farms, Famine, financial crisis, Fossil Fuels, geoengineering, Global Elite, GMOs, Homelessness, International Atomic Energy Agency, James Corbett, Lockdowns, military spending, NATO, Nuclear Power, pollution, Privacy, SARS-CoV-2, sex trafficking, Slavery, surveillance state, Tax Havens, Technocracy, The Great Reset, Vaccines, Violence, war, World Economic Forum, World Health Organization
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Human Extinction Now Imminent and Inevitable? A Report on the State of Planet Earth
By Robert J. Burrowes There is a significant body of evidence that human extinction is now imminent; that is, it will occur within the next few years and possibly this year: 2020. There is also a significant body of evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, education, elites, Empire, Energy, Environment, freedom of speech, Geoengineering, Geopolitics, GMOs, Health, imperialism, Inequality, internet freedom, Militarization, military spending, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged 5G, Afghanistan, bioengineering, Climate Change, corporate media, Economics, Education, environment, fascism, Fossil Fuels, free speech, General Qassem Soleimani, geoengineering, Global Elite, Human Extinction, Iran, iraq, military spending, NATO, Nuclear Power, Parenting, Philosophy, pollution, psychology, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slavery, Socialization, Sociology, Tax Havens, vaccinations, Violence, war, Yemen
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Elite Banking at Your Expense: How Secretive Tax Havens are Used to Steal Your Money
By Robert J. Burrowes Tax havens are locations around the world where wealthy individuals, criminals and terrorists, as well as governments and government agencies (such as the CIA), banks, corporations, hedge funds, international organizations (such as the Vatican) and crime … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Economics, elites, History, Inequality, Neocons, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Bribery, central banks, CIA, contract kickbacks, Corruption, Economics, elites, failure to disclose conflicts of interest, fraudulent invoicing, illicit political donations, insider trading, London, Manhattan, Market Rigging, Money Laundering, Neocons, Offshore Banks, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Plutocrats, psychology, Sociology, State Crime, Tax Evasion, Tax Havens, The Vatican, trade mispricing, weapons trading, World War II
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The Wealth Hiding in Your Neighborhood
From country farmland to big city skyscrapers, absentee billionaires may be hiding wealth in your town — and driving up your cost of living. By Chuck Collins Source: OtherWords The rich are hiding trillions in wealth. You’ve probably heard about … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, society
Tagged Corporate Crime, Economics, financial crisis, Gentrification, Global Elites, Housing Crisis, Land Grabs, Money Laundering, Overvaluation, Real Estate, shell Corporations, Tax Evasion, Tax Havens
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Trump and Hillary Refuse to Explain Why They Both Share the Same Address in Delaware
By Claire Bernish Source: AntiMedia As it turns out, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump share something pertinent in common, after all — a tax haven cozily nested inside the United States. This brick-and-mortar, nondescript two-story building in Wilmington, Delaware would … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, Economics, Law, news, society
Tagged Delaware Loophole, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Panama Papers, Shell Companies, Tax Evasion, Tax Havens, Tax Loophole, Tax Loopholes
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$1,400,000,000,000: Oxfam Exposes the Great Offshore Tax Scam of US Companies
By Andrea Germanos Source: AntiMedia Using an “opaque and secretive network” of subsidiaries in tax havens, top American corporations have stashed $1.4 trillion offshore, a new report from Oxfam shows. With “a range of tricks, tools, and loopholes,” for tax … Continue reading