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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo what's the REAL reason that Manchin and Sinema won't allow a filibuster careve out?
Surely it's not really about preserving the senate tradition. That reason is BS. Why do you think they are participating in the GOP obstruction to suppress the vote?
DBoon
(22,383 posts)Pobeka
(4,999 posts)onecaliberal
(32,878 posts)montanacowboy
(6,097 posts)$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
by big repuke backers
Scum of the first degree
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)Mike Niendorff
(3,462 posts)#ExactlyThis
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Walleye
(31,032 posts)LW1977
(1,235 posts)Plain and simple, or just very stupid.
Kid Berwyn
(14,933 posts)James S. Henry
07.01.10, 09:00 AM EDT
Forbes Magazine dated July 19, 2010
Let's tax offshore private wealth.
How can we get the world's wealthiest scoundrels--arms dealers, dictators, drug barons, tax evaders--to help us pay for the soaring costs of deficits, disaster relief, climate change and development? Simple: Levy a modest withholding tax on untaxed private offshore loot.
Many aboveground economies around the world are struggling, but the economic underground is booming. By my estimate, there is $15 trillion to $20 trillion in private wealth sitting offshore in bank accounts, brokerage accounts and hedge fund portfolios, completely untaxed.
SNIP...
This wealth is concentrated. Nearly half of it is owned by 91,000 people--0.001% of the world's population. Ninety-five percent is owned by the planet's wealthiest 10 million people.
SNIP...
Is it feasible? Yes. The majority of offshore wealth is managed by 50 banks. As of September 2009 these banks accounted for $10.8 trillion of offshore assets--72% of the industry's total. The busiest 10 of them manage 40%.
CONTINUED....
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0719/opinions-taxation-tax-havens-banking-on-my-mind.html
NewHendoLib
(60,016 posts)oasis
(49,394 posts)themselves.
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qazplm135
(7,447 posts)with divided government where very little gets done.
ebbie15644
(1,215 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(2,673 posts)must be nice to be so secure $$$$$$
neverforget
(9,436 posts)he stays in the majority.
Sinema? I have no clue although this does give her the attention she craves.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Just look at how much attention these two press whores got during this whole circus. If I ran the Senate, Id strip Manchin of all his chairmanships and strip Sinema of half of her committee appointments. Put them in a penalty box and give the press no reason to want to talk to them.