i think that you will not be able to open, as an american citizen, any account in chur now.

the chur banks do not want to deal with the irs.

and my issue remains, why do you think that any government, especially a gangster us government, has any jurisdiction over your assets?

please tell me/us why it is that you think any government is entitled to a claim on a citizens assets/earnings?

this is a philosophical issue that most care to ignore. so i am all ears as to why the state should have the right to confiscate a citizen’s property.

this issue harkens back to fdr’s confiscation of privately-held gold. gold that would have been safer if held outside of the usa. in swiss banks, for instance.

and now the issue reverts to a class warfare issue. for the sake of argument, let us say that decades ago, i noticed that the government of the usa was destroying my assets[denominated in greenbacks], so i converted my assets into gold/silver.

prudent sheltering of assets i think that could be called.

some time in the near future, barry obombya decides to play fdr, and confiscate all citizen’s precious metal holdings. impoverishing all who had foresight to acquire, but not enough foresight to get those assets out of the usa.

who do you think owns you? the state?

i think i know your answer, and must ask, why have you decided to be a statist?

Let’s split the difference and only make them pay taxes on the stuff the stole over the past decade…and demand

After all the IRS horror stories told by middle class Americans I have little sympathy. I’d rather charge them the full tax plus penalties on anything we can recover. They’ve been part of the ideology that has pushed American down into the ditch and it’s time to set that right (to the extent it can be done).

As previously stated, the bonus fiasco is only a diversion

Saying “diversion” implies someone is trying to divert attention. I don’t think it is/was that at all. I think it has been the public who became fascinated with and angered about the bonuses and government just responded. Of course, how political actors responded and perhaps used that public anger is another thing altogether.

Stanford may lead to the Brits – polo, cricket, and the big lie about descending from Sir Somebody Stanford for whom Stanford U is named, eh old chap?

If it’s Black Ops and M15 we can forget about ever learning the answers.

Included in the subject matter is the list of names/countries who will be attending the April 2 meeting in London of the G20 (”with their hang-ups”). Yup, gonna solve the world’s money crisis and prevent The Greatest Depression in 4 1/2 hours – - when they’re all mad at each other!

The thought kept recurring to me that the G20 meeting should have been scheduled one day earlier – Fools’ Day.

Some countries have deliberately sought insurance industry business by establishing “insurer-friendly” business code.

Bermuda is a well-known example.

But Ireland is another.

Can you point out any others?