tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7504111769585533904..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: From WikiLeaks to Edward Snowden to the Panama Papers - The Manifest Corruption of Western DemocracyThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-65348630781212286322016-04-06T05:53:20.091-07:002016-04-06T05:53:20.091-07:00Jane Jacobs wrote about this problem in a quirky l...Jane Jacobs wrote about this problem in a quirky little book called "Systems of Survival." This is the result of running the government like a business. Business values in government inevitably lead to corruption. It has happened as she predicted. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-74985017276399852462016-04-05T09:04:30.256-07:002016-04-05T09:04:30.256-07:00
Ben, you might want to check this out. Vice has b...<br />Ben, you might want to check this out. Vice has been writing about Mossack since 2014 around the same time that The Economist got on to this story.<br /><br />https://news.vice.com/article/panama-papers-mossack-fonseca-leak-tax-haven-shell-company-money-launderingThe Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-61362199840051533672016-04-05T05:05:37.781-07:002016-04-05T05:05:37.781-07:00"Some of these documents undoubtedly reveal c...<i>"Some of these documents undoubtedly reveal criminality: either monies that were illegally obtained (and are being hidden for that reason) or assets being concealed in order to criminally evade tax debts. But the crux of this activity — <b>placing assets offshore in order to avoid incurring tax liability — has been legalized."</b></i><br /><br />My point entirely one which you blew off in a previous post. <br /><br />What we need is for Governements to implement taxes on Worldwide Income, not just Canadian based income.<br /><br />and BTW I do agree that it is corruption and collusion between the elites and rich.Ben Burdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-57602295416368478392016-04-04T14:59:37.608-07:002016-04-04T14:59:37.608-07:00Sorry, Toby. I don't know why I wrote "Da...Sorry, Toby. I don't know why I wrote "Dana." The response I put to your comment got me looking for more info about the "human hothouse"syndrome. That led me to a paper on greenhouse gases and a reference to methane. We know that methane is far more powerful but far shorter lived than CO2. What I didn't know until today is that, as methane degrades, it turns into CO2. Great, just great.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-8877630783497455012016-04-04T14:47:35.156-07:002016-04-04T14:47:35.156-07:00It will be a game changer, Dana. There was a paper...<br />It will be a game changer, Dana. There was a paper released a year or two ago that predicted from 2025 until 2040, every region would enter a new climate paradigm where every year would be hotter than the previous hottest year prior to 2014. The shift is supposed to begin across the Caribbean. Some places will become uninhabitable. Once "wet bulb" temperatures hit 35C human life is unsustainable. At wet bulb 35,the body can no longer shed heat through perspiration. There's a term for it, "human hothouse" syndrome.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50578439729156634652016-04-04T14:13:11.865-07:002016-04-04T14:13:11.865-07:00Mound, I think Global Warming will get us out of n...Mound, I think Global Warming will get us out of neo-liberalism. It will do so much like WWI and WWII did by causing massive destruction and life loss. When the temperature is up by 2 degrees our present governments may not matter at all. Tobynoreply@blogger.com