guardian.co.uk - 3/23/2009
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Timothy Geithner Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner. Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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The vex'd Bermoothes
The Reality-Based Community —
... , Chancellor of Germany and PM of The Netherlands We fully support the legislation
on offshore tax centres, and we look forward to working with you [the US Congress] as part of the broader effort to address international tax evasion and close the tax gap. Timothy Geithner , US Secretary of the Treasury We have also agreed to: ... the relevant international bodies identify non-cooperative jurisdictions and to develop a tool box of effective counter measures. ...
Time to Deliver: The Coming Transformation
The Republic of T. —
... , if they come forward voluntarily, after hiding upwards of $13 trillion in what would be taxable income. (Herein lies the problem with an economic policy consisting of little more than ...
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