Emma Thompson And Husband Greg Wise REFUSE TO PAY TAXES Until Richest Banks Pay Their Fair Share
Two time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson and her husband, Greg Wise, say they will not pay their taxes until HSBC, the world’s second largest bank, pays theirs. The HSBC’s Swiss banking sector was recently discovered to have helped wealthy customers get out of paying their fair share of taxes by hiding large amounts of cash in secret accounts. The bank also laundered hundreds of millions of dollars to Mexican drug cartels. Thompson and Wise are calling BS on the British government until HSBC (which is headquartered in London) executives are prosecuted for tax avoidance schemes. Speaking to the London Evening Standard:
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/i-wont-pay-a-penny-of-tax-until-those-evil-b-go-to-prison-greg-wise-on-politics-passion-and-parenting-10066684.html
When conservatives here in America don’t want to pay taxes, it’s because they think they are entitled to not contribute to the nation that gave them so much. When a “profound f*cking socialist” doesn’t want to pay taxes, it’s because wealthy, entitled, greedy pigs don’t want to contribute. Wise went on to say that Thompson agrees with him and that the pair are prepare to go to jail if necessary:
For those of you who may not know, in 1848, populist uprisings swept across Europe which became the Revolution of 1848 or Springtime of the Peoples. With over 50 nations participating, Europe fought for freedoms in the press, worker’s rights, the destruction of the old feudal structure, the abolition of serfdom (economic slavery), and the dissolution of absolute monarchy. Thompson and Wise, who said, “I sound like Russell f*cking Brand, don’t I?” are prepared to start another uprising if it means making the wealthy pay their faire share. It is because of these injustices, Wise says, there is no such thing as a democracy.
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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/28/emma-thompson-and-husband-greg-wise-refuse-to-pay-taxes-until-richest-banks-pay-their-fair-share/
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That is how we will defeat the fuckers. GO, EMMA! You are still my hero. 
Another 'fucking socialist' and radical left winger,
Me
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON, EMMA & GREG
How much money do THEY have hidden away to avoid taxes ??
Rich people with good accountants can say almost anything
and not worry about being effected.
publicly. I hope many more join them and that they put the money in escro so they cannot be prosecuted. Good for them. I love FIGHTERS.
Love it!
We need to do this in the U.S.
to "hostage-taking" (hostage being the money) or "terrorism" (witholding unless demands are met). If everyone did it for the right reasons, i could condone it. But i could see the idea sweeping across an already devastated population pretty quickly. Taxes pretty much enable our gov't to function. I approved of the War Tax resistors, but they mostly intentionally kept their income below Fed taxation levels. If every "disgusted with our gov't" individual decided they weren't gonna pay taxes b/c {insert individual issue with gov't here}, the shit would start to roll downhill pretty quick.
And yes, i realize there are already sovereign idiots out there and grifters and scammers and people with accountants... but what if most regular people just stopped paying?
- The only way to avoid paying tax, is to become FREE.
K&R
Were it not for the ideological war in progress (it's not a cultural war, no matter what the university pundits say, it's a capitalist state sponsored ideological war), they would probably form a powerful combined populist movement that would scare Washington right out of its silk shorts. Naturally, political strategists on both sides do everything possible to keep the rank and file from discovering the growing overlap of liberal and conservative thinking (or in some cases, nonthinking).
Not many working people on either side still believe that what is good for Wall Street is good for Main Street, or that very much trickles down from Wall Street to our level. No matter how much money we sweat for, or borrow -- or Congress borrows in our name without ever asking us -- and throw at Wall Street, the money sticks up there on the fortieth floor.
Then it disappears into that bizarro funhouse mirror of the real economy, the virtual economy -- euphemistically called banking and investment and the market. Our market system of "investment" is based upon getting in at the right moment, grabbing other people's money, then getting out fast. Which pretty much describes the key elements a bank heist.
From Wall Street To Skank Street
RIP - Joe Bageant, (1946-2011)
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Bravissima!
I believe it is time for *real* democrats to tell the third way crowd:
Seeya!!
IRS aint goina let them slide.
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