A stop to the violence and hatred? A stable coalition government? A resolution to the crisis in Crimea? Nah, none of that stuff really matters compared to the business of privatising the profits and socialising the costs. And with Ukraine’s U.S. “allies” pushing FATCA down their throats, the banks have some big costs they need to foist on the Ukrainian taxpayer, to make sure the banks don’t have to pay all of it themselves.
So Ukraine’s banks have taken a cue from Carl Levin’s strategy of sneaking FATCA itself through as a midnight amendment to a bill that was too long for anyone to read — they only conduct their anti-democratic IGA advocacy when no one is looking. And what better time than when the rest of the public is busy paying attention to some minor political kerfluffle like the fate of their country?
НАБУ обеспокоена отсутствием реальной имплементации Закона FATCA в Украине |
NABU concerned about lack of real implementation of FATCA law in Ukraine |
| http://news.kompass.ua/news/2014-03-07-34186 | |
| Независимая ассоциация банков Украины (НАБУ) обеспокоена отсутствием официальной информации о подготовке проекта Соглашения между правительством Украины и правительством Соединенных Штатов Америки относительно имплементации Закона «О налоговых требованиях к иностранным счетам» (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, FATCA). Об этом Ассоциация сообщила в своем письме в адрес премьер-министра Украины Арсения Яценюка. | The Independent Association of Ukrainian Banks (NABU) is concerned by the lack of official information on the preparation of the draft Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States of America concerning the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, the association stated in its letter to Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk. |
“We must save our country immediately so we can surrender it to the IRS in one piece!”
Google Translate handles the article surprisingly well, so I’ll let you read the rest there. Apparently the greed and chutzpah of bankers is a universal language.
I’m tired of hearing American apologists saying that “we are so lucky that the United States is our friend”. Yeah, well, what friend extorts 30% out of Canada’s banks and then tries to mask that as going after tax cheat?. What “friend” goes into Afghanistan and Iraq as a masquerade for going after non-existent weapons of mass destruction then conducts a regime change in Iraq? What “friend” enacts extra-territorial laws against other countries in the world not respecting the fact that other countries have privacy laws? What “friend” is an enemy of most other countries in the world.
Canada on February 5th, 2014 surrendered their sovereignty to the United States in the American’s attempts to find “tax cheats” which are laughing uproariously at the fact that the IRS has diverted attention from them to expatriates in foreign countries tarring them as “not pulling their weight”. In fact frankly, why should they? Expats pay taxes in their own country of residence usually at rates higher than in the United States. They also get no benefits from the country of their birth. There is no consulate protection. All of the rhetoric coming from US government financial entities is unadulterated bullshit. Expats are considered resident in Washington DC? Well, where are the rent receipts and tax forms utilized to determine residency? What the United States is doing is creating phantom citizens to pad their tax base. The United States is a tax-and punish society.
…which is incredibly hypocritical of them as the formation of their country was formed on seceding from Great Britain under protest for “unfair taxation” and now they have become the epitome of “unfair taxation”.
Now the United States is telling Russia that they are impeding on Ukraine’s sovereign right to govern themselves. Well, they’re the world’s biggest hypocrite in enacting financial laws that are extraterritorial (and usually unenforceable outside of the good ol’ US of A, but because of America’s military might and nuclear weapons – the unspoken threat), those laws were rammed through at the barrel of a gun. And they’re considering sending in the USS George Washington battle group to make their point about Russia being an abusive power. What the United States is doing is making steps to starting a war that they cannot win. At what point will Russia resort to using nuclear weapons? At what point will the United States retaliate with the same? Then we’ll all have other things to worry about than FATCA going through.
The US is nobody’s friend. And the United States’ behavior as of recent is like a rabid dog. And rabid dogs need to be put down with due prejudice. Time to start digging your bomb shelters.
All Wars are Bankers Wars
http://thearrowsoftruth.com/all-wars-are-bankers-wars/
Eric…
They must have been reading Tax Connections blog with the FCC instruction to ACT NOW
Act Now! Revised FATCA Final Regs And 2014 Forms Now Available!
I guess I was too quick in my quip about Ukraine as they obviously are working on those things that matter, translating forms and beginning the search for all those U.S. Persons that were over there helping them with their revolution. The IRS wants to know who they were! So does Crimea, I bet!
A tiny bit off subject, but did you see where the Russians sunk their ship to bottle up the Ukrainian Navy?
http://www.smh.com.au/world/russia-sinks-ship-to-block-ukrainian-navy-entry-to-black-sea-20140307-hvghs.html
Here is where on google earth…
goo.gl/maps/O5kDE
BTW…
Another county who owes it revolution to the U.S. signed up…
Chile Becomes The 1st South American Country To Sign FATCA
But looks like it was model II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmB37smk3h4
Robert Stack and his federal agents are here to find everyone who has moved to Ukraine in order to avoid taxation
And this article should be most interesting to US residents.. And Russian citizens who have fled to the US for political reasons..The US is basically giving Russia access to their banking records? LOL
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/17556-obama-irs-to-share-private-financial-data-with-russia-s-putin
8 Events That Prove Your Money Is Not Safe In Europe, Or Anywhere
http://www.activistpost.com/2014/03/8-events-that-prove-your-money-is-not.html
@ChearsBigEars
Thanks for the info. Guess grandpa was wrong… banks aren’t any safer… But then he was totally correct… never trust the gov’t… they will screw u over every time…. All the things I use to believe… gov’t will always do right for their people… Well wasn’t it a slap in my face.. when I learned… no… gov’t is out for themselves.. no one but them… they slap lipstick on that pig… see how wonderful it is… blah.. blah…
And don’t forget the 8 billion the US is sending !