Reader TomOn asked me to post this:
U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 7―Consular Affairs (pdf)
2012 Declaration of Independence
As those of you who have seen The War of 2012 know, The Movie ends with signing of a New Declaration of Independence in front of the American Embassy in Ottawa on July 4, 2012.
Occupy the SEC: Former Wall Street Workers Defend Volcker Rule Against Banks' Anti-Regulatory Push
Occupy the SEC: Former Wall Street Workers Defend Volcker Rule Against Banks' Anti-Regulatory Push.
Folks on the blog have talked about the Volcker rule before, but I am at a loss as to how this would affect regular working folks like myself. As you can see from the segment, Occupy protesters feel that a strong Volcker rule would inhibit or prevent financial institutions from engaging in the kind of risky trading behaviours that were instrumental in creating the current financial crisis. But how would this regulation affect foreign financial institutions? Can someone explain this in plain English?
Letter from Consulate General July 25, 1980
The following letter was sent to me from Ladybug to be uploaded to Isaac Brock Society.
Obama signs payroll tax agreement into law (doesn't help Minnows Abroad or Jack and Jill) — Foreign Income Exclusion Threatened — Start writing letters folks!!
Ambassador Jacobson's 70 Year Old Grandma
Weasel Words
With regard to the double standards and weasel words all too characteristic of United States “authorities” —
[and a deep bow to the Mentality of Mordor thread, where comments are about to surge past the 100 level!]
Jack and Jill Make A Movie: War of 2012
The now famous Jack and Jill want to help others facing tyranny of IRS. Using their wealth, Jack and Jill fund and produce the movie: War of 2012. Because Canadian cast and crew vow to never return to United States, War of 2012 films entirely in Canada, pumping money into Canadian economy.
Jack and Jill donate all proceeds to Isaac Brock Society.
The IRS is bluffing–Bad faith in the OVDI
The IRS uses the threat of severe FBAR penalties to frighten taxpayers into the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure initiatives (OVDI). Thanks to a document uncovered by Showdown, we now know that the IRS is bluffing. This is an example of bad faith.
Ron Paul's letter to Timothy Geithner regarding FATCA
Ron Paul and three other members of Congress write to tax-cheat Secretary of the Treasury, the Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, to warn him of how foreign investors will pull their money out of the United States if FATCA is implemented.