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onecaliberal

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6. Weiss is the person who came up with

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 21, 2014, 04:31 PM

Dec 2014

The idea of putting an office overseas then calling yourself an international company to get away with paying little to NO tax in the US. That is NOT progressive tax policy. It is another case of the fox guarding the hen house. It's absurd. Lazard is paying him 16 million as he leaves.
These are the exact people we do not need.

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Antonio Weiss at treasury [View all] onecaliberal Dec 2014 OP

It's a racket. A regulator is paid millions to regulate by the company he's going to regulate. RiverLover Dec 2014 #1

This country is beyond help. onecaliberal Dec 2014 #2

Payoff for Treasury gig: $16.2 mill in stock & $5 mill in deferred pay if confirmed for the job RiverLover Dec 2014 #5

Here's what they're thinking... PoliticAverse Dec 2014 #3

Weiss is the person who came up with onecaliberal Dec 2014 #6

Or, what’s good for the people who run big banks is good for the country. That's rich, isn't it? RiverLover Dec 2014 #4