Fifteen Thousand Freeloading Millionaires
Ahead of an amnesty deadline announced by the IRS, over 14,700 U.S. taxpayers came forward to disclose billions in offshore bank accounts:
A flood of people came forward in the last days before the amnesty program expired Oct. 15, IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said. The final total far surpasses the number who disclose offshore accounts in a typical year — about 100 — and comes amid a broad U.S. crackdown on international tax evasion at Swiss bank UBS AG and other institutions.
“To put it simply, this is a historic milestone for the nation’s hardworking taxpayers,” Shulman said in a conference call from Washington.
While this is indeed good news for honest U.S. taxpayers, I have to wonder how many seconds will pass before wingnutters blame the crimes of these 15,000 freeloading U.S. millionaires on ACORN, welfare moms, and universal healthcare? ;-)
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