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To: SeeSharp
I hate to see the Swiss give up their bank secrecy principle.

Why? Soft spot for drug smugglers, terrorists and embezzlers?

4 posted on 02/22/2009 10:40:16 AM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker
Why? Soft spot for drug smugglers, terrorists and embezzlers?

My sympathies are for tax evaders.

7 posted on 02/22/2009 10:41:48 AM PST by SeeSharp
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To: Alter Kaker

Maybe they think your money is none of the bureaucrat’s business, and that when you open a bank account it isn’t because you wanted to drop your shorts to the looter class.


8 posted on 02/22/2009 10:42:18 AM PST by Regulator (Welcome to Zimbabwe! The looting begins in five minutes...)
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To: Alter Kaker

Actually, this is a TAX probe. Not a criminal probe. Swiss privacy laws do not protect drugs smugglers and money launderers.

And -> there are far more amenable jurisdictions for hiding assets than the Switzerland.


9 posted on 02/22/2009 10:42:32 AM PST by farlander (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Alter Kaker
Why? Soft spot for drug smugglers, terrorists and embezzlers?

Wow....and then they swept freedom and privacy out the door....fools are born every minute.

On can claim an unborn life with privacy but not a gold coin...go figure. The rode to Hell is paved with you style of good intentions.

16 posted on 02/22/2009 10:49:02 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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