03/31/2009
Courage or thoughtlessness (update)
The AFP reported that Prime Minister Juncker attacked the USA by saying "The G20 has no credibility as an undertaking if Delaware, Wyoming or Nevada or far-flung islands from the United States are not on the blacklist. If there must be a blacklist then, America should have its place on it." It is true that the USA have their own tax havens that are not targetted by the Stop tax haven Abused Act. They definitely should be. But Prime Minister Juncker forgets that his jurisdiction is not so targetted by the USA : it was not under the US Senate investigation on tax havens. By acting...