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There is nothing subtle about this tax haven. Websites boast how easy it is to create a limited-liability company here in 24 hours, by phone, by fax or online - no need to show up in person. Unlike some other offshore centers that require at least two people to form a corporation, only one is needed here. And for a fee, anonymity is assured. "We have a large database of shelf corporations available so that you can establish a history for your company," touts an ad for one service firm on the territory. Is it the Cayman Islands? Monaco...
...says he is “sort of” Republican but “a big Clinton fan” is told about Kerry’s insistence on keeping Bush’s tax cuts for the middle class. A woman who says abortion is the only issue that matters to her is reminded of the senator’s longstanding support of Roe v. Wade. Another woman, whose 31-year-old son has been unemployed for more than a year because his company moved to Switzerland, hears about the senator’s promise to close tax...
Discouragingly, Dean reminds me a lot of the Democrats' 1984 presidential candidate, Walter Mondale. In that campaign, Mondale proclaimed he would raise taxes. As a result, he went on to lose by a landslide, with Ronald Reagan winning 49 states. I fear a similar scenario may transpire in 2004, considering that Dean is talking about rescinding all of President Bush's tax cuts. MICHAEL DUKES Toronto, Ohio...
...Klein questions the wisdom of the Democrats' using classic populism ("the people vs. the powerful") as a strategy to win the presidency [Jan. 12]. I say more power to them. It is the common people who work, pay taxes and fight our wars. Klein noted that the by-products of the 1890s' wave of populism were a progressive income tax, antitrust legislation and other reforms. Dean is proposing the same type of progressive political, social and economic agenda. ONOFRIO PERZIA LeRoy...
DIED. HARRY CLAIBORNE, 86, federal judge who was impeached in 1984 after being convicted of tax evasion; of a self-inflicted gunshot wound; in Las Vegas. Claiborne, who had cancer and Alzheimer's disease, was the first federal judge to be sent to prison, where he served 17 months of a two-year sentence. As an attorney, he was considered one of Nevada's top defense lawyers; his clients included Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland...