Destor on Ordering a Pizza Conservatively in Texas
Ramona: Hatred in a Lovely Church
Gallup: Obama 46, Romney 46
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I know you guys are having a fine time over there deciding whether Mitt Romney's religion should/does matter, and that is awesome.
But when there's a break in the action, I'd love it if some of you more economic-smart folks would be interested in figuring out the following:
(Or if you've seen anyone else share these numbers it would be great.)
1. How much would Romney have paid in taxes if the "Cayman Capitalist" loophole were closed? (i.e. no offshore accounts)
2. How much more total Federal revenue if the Cayman Capitalist loophole were closed? (for all taxpayers)
3. Since State income tax is calculated based on Federal income numbers, how much additional revenue would the State of Utah have gained if Mitt's Cayman Capitalist loophole were closed?
4. How much (roughly) more revenue would come to states, cities, etc. if the Cayman Capitalist loophole were closed?
My goal is to make a strong case that Made in America money can't possibly create American jobs if it's sitting in accounts in the Caymans or Switzerland. (If it's Made in America, it oughta be Paid in America, either to the govt in the form of taxes, or to American workers, not sent to who knows where.)
And, what does happen to money sent to the Cayman Islands? Does it ever come back to the USA?
My apologies if this information is widely available elsewhere!
The issue of sexual assaults on American Indian women has become one of the major sources of discord in the current debate between the White House and the House of Representatives over the latest reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
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“We should never have a woman come into the office saying, ‘I need to learn more about Plan B for when my daughter gets raped,’ ” said Charon Asetoyer, a women’s health advocate on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, referring to the morning-after pill. “That’s what’s so frightening — that it’s more expected than unexpected. It has become a norm for young women.”
The difficulties facing American Indian women who have been raped are myriad, and include a shortage of sexual assault kits at Indian Health Service hospitals, where there is also a lack of access to birth control and sexually transmitted disease testing. There are also too few nurses trained to perform rape examinations, which are generally necessary to bring cases to trial.
By Ismail Kahn, New York Times, May 23/24, 2012
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Pakistani doctor who helped the Central Intelligence Agency pin down Osama bin Laden's location under cover of a vaccination drive was convicted on Wednesday of treason and sentenced to 33 years in prison, a senior official in Pakistan said.
A tribal court here in northwestern Pakistan found the doctor, Shakil Afridi, guilty of acting against the state, said Mutahir Zeb Khan, the administrator for the Khyber tribal region [....]
By Sergei L. Loiko, Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2012
MOSCOW — Stiff new penalties aimed at opposition protesters were given preliminary approval Tuesday by Russian lawmakers loyal to President Vladimir Putin, the target of mass rallies and demonstrations before his March election victory.
The bill, which opposition parliament members termed draconian and protested by threatening to file out of a legislative session, calls for fines of up to $50,000 and up to 200 hours of community service for organizers of rallies and demonstrations that grow violent or exceed the approved number of participants.
The sanctions were approved on first reading by parliament's lower house, which is controlled by Putin's United Russia party. They mark a return by the Kremlin to a tough stance against critics after concessions during the recent election campaign [...]
Also see:
Russians back Putin, strong leadership
Washington Post, May 22, 2012
A Pew survey of 1,000 Russians found that President Vladimir Putin is well-liked by more than 70 percent of citizens, especially older adults.
Associated Press, May 21, 2012
HAVANA — It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation and boost web capacity 3,000-fold. Even a retired Fidel Castro had hailed the dawn of a new cyber-age on the island.
More than a year after the February 2011 ceremony on Siboney Beach in eastern Cuba, and 10 months after the system was supposed to have gone online, the government never mentions the cable anymore, and Internet here remains the slowest in the hemisphere. People talk quietly about embezzlement torpedoing the project and the arrest of more than a half-dozen senior telecom officials.
Perhaps most maddening, nobody has explained what happened to the much-ballyhooed $70 million project....
By Tamasin Ford in Monrovia, Guardian.co.uk, May 22, 2012
Husbands, not strangers or men with guns, are now the biggest threat to women in post-conflict west Africa, according to a report by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) released on Tuesday.
The IRC report, Let Me Not Die Before My Time: Domestic Violence in West Africa, based on data collected over 10 years by the IRC in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast, said domestic violence is the "most urgent, pervasive and significant protection issue for women in west Africa" [.....]
IANAA, but I have seen numbers in the hundreds of billions (in foregone taxes) bruited about, albeit without the sort of granularity of data which would permit answers to your several questionsl.
I'll make a run at a more detailed set of figures in a while.
Much appreciated, Jolly!
We're trying to hit a moving target--in the meanwhile, 29 new accounts have surfaced that were ellided in Romney's prior (mandatory) financial disclosures.
The plot thickens.
O what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive...
Jolly, do you have a link? I'll look as well.
Erica, tried to post this last night, must have deleted it. A Washpo article written on Jan 18 has some good references, including one to an estimate of $100B tax revenues lost by the U.S.
Thanks Oxy--I will track it down.