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harmonicon

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16. Distract people from real problems?
Fri May 18, 2012, 11:29 AM
May 2012

That's all I can think of. It amazes me how many people on DU are upset about this.

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2012 #1
Good! Now let's all chip in to send the jackass beac May 2012 #2
I'd pay the tax and stay in America. Dawson Leery May 2012 #3
I love how he's claiming he's a "citizen of the world". beac May 2012 #4
Cool. ForgoTheConsequence May 2012 #5
Government sucks? PSPS May 2012 #6
The part where you're not allowed to chew gum or get caned for grafitti? Raster May 2012 #10
Ha. ForgoTheConsequence May 2012 #29
An absolutely gorgeous country. nt humblebum May 2012 #27
I guess I missed something Scairp May 2012 #26
The answer is all over the internet and al over DU. n/t beac May 2012 #30
Ok Scairp May 2012 #33
Good. He stole at least $67M from us. We should bar him. SunSeeker May 2012 #7
He chose Singapore because of previous family ties. former9thward May 2012 #18
I thought he was born in Brazil? jpak May 2012 #20
My error and corrected. former9thward May 2012 #21
Got a link for those "family ties"?-- b/c your post is the only place I've heard this excuse. n/t beac May 2012 #31
Excuse? former9thward May 2012 #37
And so you contend that he left the US for the "great country" of beac May 2012 #39
Do you think a billionaire is concerned by any of the things in your post? former9thward May 2012 #40
"Individuals are taxed only on the income earned in Singapore." beac May 2012 #41
Second post where you put "great country" in quotes former9thward May 2012 #42
You're right.... I should have put "place" beac May 2012 #43
The U.S. is the greatest country for me to live in. former9thward May 2012 #45
A truly virtuoso attempt at backpedaling. beac May 2012 #46
Unlike you I don't backpedal from anything. former9thward May 2012 #48
I'm pretty sure by now that you have NO idea what the word beac May 2012 #49
Accept you don't know how to read posts and see someone about it. former9thward May 2012 #50
And with this post I will have reached my self-imposed limit on beac May 2012 #51
Renunciation is required to aleve one of their American tax burden Bluenorthwest May 2012 #23
he is not going to avoid any taxes naaman fletcher May 2012 #24
The Wall Street Journal does not agree w/you: beac May 2012 #32
Right naaman fletcher May 2012 #35
And I, for one, hope that's how it pans out and that his little FU to beac May 2012 #36
Closing the barn door after the cattle already escaped. AdHocSolver May 2012 #8
"like" n/t 2banon May 2012 #9
Yes. Corporations and other businesses should be paying higher taxes JDPriestly May 2012 #12
Face of the 1% RobertEarl May 2012 #11
I wonder why the article doesn't mention that he was born in Brazil? I also find it interesting still_one May 2012 #13
If this fuckers life is threatened again, should we let him back in ? JI7 May 2012 #14
What a waste of Congressional effort, time, and money Roland99 May 2012 #15
Distract people from real problems? harmonicon May 2012 #16
This is worse than Congress getting involved in MLB/NFL Roland99 May 2012 #17
Media says "jump!" and people from the street right up through congress ask "how high, sir?" (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #25
K&R lsewpershad May 2012 #19
I dunno, I fail to find this argument especially convincing somehow Spider Jerusalem May 2012 #22
That's how I understand it too. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #34
Good! What doesn't he get about now keep the fuck out! You took your ball and went "home." Now lonestarnot May 2012 #28
Good. Pay your dues or STFU! Fearless May 2012 #38
Sadly, he'll be mucking up Singapore's political process now. Unite2DefeatGOP May 2012 #44
And I felt pretty sympathetic for him in "The Social Network" too. ButterflyBlood May 2012 #47
Never trust a movie ryan waller May 2012 #53
Setting aside the tax angle quakerboy May 2012 #52
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