Vexed Bermoothes

Following the G20 meeting in London, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development started naming and shaming non-compliant tax havens this afternoon. The G20 countries have agreed to work towards levying sanctions on non-compliant countries. Read the OECD announcement Look at the OECD list 40 countries are shown as compliant, including the offshores of the [...]

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UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown was hoisted on his grim petard in the European Parliament yesterday for his hypocrisy.  Can you imagine such a bold and forthright statement being made in our little league assembly? I believe that Gordon Brown’s whipping up the hounds over offshores is merely a cover to distract attention from his [...]

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As a performance hiding sideshow, the G20 leaders are whipping up the hounds over tax havens – and the media is largely too complacent to ask questions. The Economist, which is the only news magazine left worth reading, hits the nail right on the head:   the G20 countries have more laxity in terms of money [...]

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World leaders have whipped up a frenzy against the so-called “tax havens”.  I suppose it’s their way of keeping the wingnuts busy, and diverting any embarrassing questions about their own complicity in the economic meltdown.  It’s the equivalent of Bermuda’s own bullets-in-the-mail, rubber checks, racist dogs, Beyoncé’s coming, and plantation questions. Take this fine rant: [...]

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