by Brian Garst | Jul 12, 2012 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in The Daily Caller on July 12, 2012. In an effort to score political points, Democrats are pounding Mitt Romney over his use of offshore bank accounts. Over the weekend, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin remarked, “You either get a Swiss bank...
by CF&P | Jun 29, 2012 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity For Immediate Release Monday, June 29, 2012 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org CF&P Applauds Exclusion of Anti-Tax Haven Legislation From Surface Transportation Bill (Washington, D.C., Friday, June 29, 2012) The Center for...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This Paris-based international bureaucracy doesn’t get as much attention as the United Nations or International Monetary Fund, but it’s probably does more damage to freedom and prosperity...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
For the most part, international summits like the recently concluded G-20 meeting in Mexico are pointless – but expensive – publicity stunts for incumbent politicians. They pose for photo-ops, have boring meeting, and draft up empty communiques, always at some posh...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 18, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), through its Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, claims that it is working to “ensure that all jurisdictions adhere to the same high standard of international...
