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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (36573)	3/25/2011 10:11:13 AM
From: ggersh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71408

Like he needs it.

To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (36573)	3/25/2011 12:57:17 PM
From: John	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71408

He who has the gold makes the rules... G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether nytimes.com excerpt: The company reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the United States. Its American tax bill? None. In fact, G.E. claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion. [...] Its extraordinary success is based on an aggressive strategy that mixes fierce lobbying [1] for tax breaks and innovative accounting that enables it to concentrate its profits offshore. --- 1. "Fierce lobbying" means that GE donates millions of clownbucks to BOTH political parties and calls in favors from Congress and the White House regardless of which side wins.