Duly Noted: The Nut of Tripoli
George Handlery about the week that was. It is a nuthouse and the inmates hold the keys. How not to negotiate with tyrants. Aims that Stalin and Hitler did not pursue. Can one avoid provoking terrorists? Money for climate. The insider deals of the political class.
1. For about a year, mainly to serve the cause of unintended humor, an item titled “The Dictator’s Tantrum” has been presented to you. An issue or two ago the end of the quaint story has been announced. This proves to be a serious error of judgment. Innocently, I had concluded that at the price of an unnecessary humiliation, Switzerland has put aside her quarrel with Qaddafi. Well, the story, like a successful soap opera, goes on. And on.
Global Tax Thuggery
Do you think the Internal Revenue Service should have the right to share your tax information with foreign governments -- even ones run by thugs and those that engage in human rights abuses and/or suppress freedom in their countries?
A meeting was held in Mexico City last week under the auspices of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), whose implicit goal is to create a global high-tax cartel.
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