"Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $553 million and admit to criminal wrongdoing on Tuesday, settling a long-running investigation into tax shelter fraud that prosecutors say generated billions of dollars in bogus tax benefits."Them as has the gold, rules; or at least break the rules. (I know, Republicans, this is class warfare. The war of class on the masses. Can anyone guess I'm not in a holiday mood today?)
"... Deutsche Bank will avoid prosecution for helping 2,100 customers evade taxes through 2,300 financial transactions. The arrangements, which took place between 1996 and 2002, helped wealthy Americans report more than $29 billion in fraudulent tax losses, according to the Justice Department."
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
What Gripes Me: The Golden Rule
As in this case reported in the Times:
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