Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2012 Tax Justice Network:
Wealth Held in Tax Havens Skyrockets by John D. McKinnon
... A new report estimates that the amount of wealth
tucked away in offshore accounts is far larger than previously imagined.
... the liberal Tax Justice Network focuses on the
problem of unreported wealth for developing countries, it also could become
part of the heated political debate going on in the U.S. over purported tax
avoidance by the wealthy. ...
Democrats also are hoping to tag
Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, as a possible
tax-haven abuser
...
unreported offshore wealth held in tax havens has reached at least $21
trillion, and possibly as much as $32 trillion.
2-4-8 Response
Congress needs to replace the payroll taxes
with a 2% net wealth tax.
It will create millions of jobs with no government
spending and stabilize the economy (and Social Security and Medicare).
The U.S. can tax assets regardless of the country
they are in … and that is the real reason Mr. Romney wants a territorial tax
system.
The Republicans don’t want a 4% VAT and 8%
corporate income tax rate … because they love tax loopholes like deferral of
foreign income.
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