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Private Digital Money and the Fight Against Oppressive Government

Private Digital Money and the Fight Against Oppressive Government

I’m depressed about the global network of tax police being organized by the OECD and high-tax governments. If successful, it will lead to much bigger, more oppressive government. But maybe… Read more »

A Line in the Sand Against the OECD

A Line in the Sand Against the OECD

CF&P recently released a paper calling on low-tax jurisdictions to resist the OECD. The high-tax European welfare states which control the OECD continue to move the goal posts and devise… Read more »

CF&P Testifies Against Harmful IRS Regulation

CF&P Testifies Against Harmful IRS Regulation

Almost ten years after first testifying against a proposal by the IRS to collect unnecessary information from foreign deposit holders, which would then be turned over to foreign governments, I… Read more »

Senator Rubio, Representative Posey, and other Lawmakers Fighting to Stop IRS Proposal that Would Drive Investment from U.S. Economy

Senator Rubio, Representative Posey, and other Lawmakers Fighting to Stop IRS Proposal that Would Drive Investment from U.S. Economy

There hasn’t been much good economic news in recent years, but one bright spot for the economy is that the United States is a haven for foreign investors and this… Read more »

Reckless IRS Regulation Would Put Foreign Tax Law over American Tax Law and Drive Investment out of the United States

Reckless IRS Regulation Would Put Foreign Tax Law over American Tax Law and Drive Investment out of the United States

I’m not a big fan of the IRS, but usually I blame politicians for America’s corrupt, unfair, and punitive tax system. Sometimes, though, the tax bureaucrats run amok and earn… Read more »

Five reasons Why Switzerland Is Better than the United States (but Five Reasons Why I’ll Stay in America)

Five reasons Why Switzerland Is Better than the United States (but Five Reasons Why I’ll Stay in America)

Greetings from Montreux, Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Geneva. There aren’t many places where palm trees are framed by snow-capped mountains. Heck, even I managed to take a decent… Read more »

Why Have Money Laundering Laws if They Impose High Costs and Yield No Benefits?

Why Have Money Laundering Laws if They Impose High Costs and Yield No Benefits?

It was only a few decades ago that there was no such thing as money-laundering laws. Instead, the focus of law enforcement was on the underlying criminal behavior (such as… Read more »