Is The IRS Easy On The Rich?

Civilization works only if those who enjoy its benefits are also prepared to pay their share of the costs (taxes).

People and companies that avoid tax are unpopular event during the best of times, so it is not surprising that when governments and individuals everywhere are scrimping to pay their bills, attacks are mounting on tax havens and those that use them.

“In Europe the anger has focused on big firms. Amazon and Starbucks have faced consumer boycotts for using clever accounting tricks to book profits in tax havens while reducing their bills in the countries where they do business. David Cameron has put tackling corporate tax-avoidance at the top of the G8 agenda,” according to The Economist.

“America has taken aim at tax-dodging individuals and the banks that help them. Congress has passed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which forces foreign financial firms to disclose their American clients. Any whiff of offshore funds has become a political liability.”

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Former Tea Party Representative Joe Walsh On Campaign Donations

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Joe Walsh is a former Illinois Republican congressman who was in office from 2011 to 2013.

He’s now hosts the Joe Walsh Show, which airs on WIND-AM 560 in Chicago and WNYM-AM 970 in New York.

While in office, Walsh was a Tea Party favorite and vocal critic of the Obama Administration, going against government spending, Obamacare, taxes, gun control and immigration policy.

Here he talks about campaign finance and raising donations and money for his campaign.