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DNC Chair Wasserman-Shultz Invested in Swiss Banks and other Foreign Investments.

Actually believing that Romney has done something illegal by having a Swiss Bank Account is akin to believing that "Bush knocked down da towers" and "9/11 was an inside job".

We have definitive proof that Obama hung around domestic terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. What would happen if I applied your standards and emotional leaps in logic like Obama and the Democrats are doing with Romney and his "Shady Swiss Bank Account"? What could possible go wrong? :lol:

Still don't get what people are laughing at do you?
 
Personally, I have all of my investments in Sweden. Except for the ones in the land Down Under. Austrians are great economists.
 
translation-a mouthpiece for Obama 2012 wants to divert from Obama's failed administration and try to insinuate that Romney has done something wrong in order to get the weak minded minions of the left to whine some more

you never asked Obama to explain his associations with known terrorists, how his wife got a 200K raise once Obama won a senate seat, or how he paid his way through Columbia and HLS (or got in in the first place)

why don' t you just admit that your goal is to smear your man's opponent and stop with the phony BS?

You have no idea what I ever asked. :lol:

Obama's tenuous connection to Ayers has been explained countless times. Michelle Obama got a promotion and a raise. He had student loans. Now you can take off the tinfoil hat and focus your laser-like intelligence on Romney's hinky tax return.
 
Still don't get what people are laughing at do you?

You mean are you asking me does it bother me when liberals whine because they can't argue the facts and Obama's record as president?

Nope. Haters gonna hate. That's politics. :2wave:
 
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I don't know what his problem with Denmark is....
 
comparing millions of dollars being held in a Swiss bank-account, to having a few thousand dollars in a 401k that has as one of its MANY investments, shares in a Swiss bank...is the zenith of stupidity & absurdity.

caring about either or worse yet-pretending to care about one-is the height of stupidity

its the obama faithful trying to get away from two facts

Obama is incompetent

and he wants to subject America to the largest tax hike in history
 
caring about either or worse yet-pretending to care about one-is the height of stupidity

its the obama faithful trying to get away from two facts

Obama is incompetent

and he wants to subject America to the largest tax hike in history

100% irrelevent to the thread.
 
Gosh, she had money in swiss banks? Willickers, why, that's downright hypocritical.

Golly Jeepers, and it turns out she's not the only one riding this train!

...From ABC News: “Valerie Jarrett’s financial disclosure form filed May 4 lists a line of credit from a Bermuda insurance company valued between $100,000 and $250,000.” Tax experts are saying that her line of credit seems legally innocuous, and it probably is.

Andrew Stuttaford linked to an article by Matt Welch that points out that Dick Durbin doesn’t exactly practice what he preaches, either: “Is Dick Durbin protecting his million-dollar portfolio through a buy-American-only strategy? Hell no, he isn’t — why, just right there I can see such asset items as ‘ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income,’ and ‘Matthews Asia Dividend Investor,’ and ‘Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic.’”...

It's almost as if they didn't really believe that this sort of thing was unpatriotic, and were only harping it because they thought folks are stupid enough to fall for class warfare rhetoric.... but gosh! Surely that couldn't be it... :roll:


Well, at least the President isn't so hypocritical as to take personal advantage of that which he decries in others. He probably didn't know about DWS, and she will no doubt now be fired.
 
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Err, hardly. There is nothing remotely suspicious about having a small mutual fund in 401(k) that invests some of its money in foreign bank stocks. OTOH, there IS something somewhat suspicious about have several million dollars in a Swiss bank acccount, which is a frequent vehicle used by tax scoffs and other criminals to launder money.

There is probably a perfectly legitimate explanation for Romney's arrangements, but they do raise some suspicion and -- since he's running for President of the United States -- I think it's reasonable to ask him to explain them.

There is nothing remotely suspicious about having a bank account in a Swiss bank either, be it 5 bucks or 5 billion. There is no longer any privacy in a Swiss bank account. The US can pretty much access them on demand. If you want to hide money, you would do it in Andorra or perhaps the Cook Islands. As I stated there are numerous reasons for money in a Swiss bank account. A totally foreign stock transfer would result in a positive balance. Exchange rates are sometimes more favorable in one banking system over another. Some foreign transactions are expressed in something other than the dollar. To me, this is just a diversion. A politician that sees yet another opportunity to drive a wedge between the perceived haves and have not voters.
 
100% irrelevent to the thread.

It's my thread and I'll decide what is relevant what is not relevant thank you very much

It's relevant
 
There is nothing remotely suspicious about having a bank account in a Swiss bank either, be it 5 bucks or 5 billion. There is no longer any privacy in a Swiss bank account.

That is quite an overstatement. It's true that a few accounts have been breached in recent years, but bank secrecy is still part of Swiss law and it's no easy matter to crack it. But if you were looking for an even more secretive spot, the Cayman Islands would be a great place....
 
That is quite an overstatement. It's true that a few accounts have been breached in recent years, but bank secrecy is still part of Swiss law and it's no easy matter to crack it. But if you were looking for an even more secretive spot, the Cayman Islands would be a great place....

Not really an overstatement. The US may request any account by name and, after review by the Swiss, the information is turned over unless the Swiss deny. The US cannot go on a fishing expedition. There must be a valid reason. The Swiss account is no longer the tax haven it once was. There are others far better. The Caymans would be another.
 
100% irrelevent to the thread.

Deleted under the rule: If you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all.....

"Nothing at All" ... not to Thunder, but to his subject..
 
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What about his tax returns for the last 5 years at least? He's hiding something and he better get it out now.
I'll leave the rest for Paul Krugman because I could not have said it better...

Put it this way: Has there ever before been a major presidential candidate who had a multimillion-dollar Swiss bank account, plus tens of millions invested in the Cayman Islands, famed as a tax haven? And then there's his Individual Retirement Account. IRAs are supposed to help middle-class savers through annual contributions limited to a few thousand dollars. Somehow Romney has from $20 million to $101 million in his account.
There are legitimate ways that could happen, just as there are potentially legitimate reasons for parking large sums of money in overseas tax havens. But we don't know which, if any, of those legitimate reasons apply in Romney's case because he has refused to release any details.
Unless he reveals the truth about his investments, we can only assume he's hiding something seriously damaging.
Read more here: Paul Krugman: Romney's tax returns relevant - More columnists - MercedSun-Star.com
 
caring about either or worse yet-pretending to care about one-is the height of stupidity

its the obama faithful trying to get away from two facts

Obama is incompetent

and he wants to subject America to the largest tax hike in history

You mean he wants to raise your taxes by 3% on income over $250,000. Would you rather have that massive sequestration defense dept. cut go thru or pay the extra 3%?
That's the choice that incompetant President got your party into.
 
No personal judgement on what she does with her finances, I agree

Having a Swiss Bank Account is not illegal. Suddenly we're supposed to vote to give the worst president in American History a second term because liberals want to distract us with "Swiss Banks = Evil. Run for your lives!" symbolism.

The Dark Side of Anti-"Swiss Bank Account" Politics - Reason.com


No its not illegal...but its pertinent to the character and intentions of a candidate for President of the United States...if Romny has the mentality that hes "ENTITLED" to not pay any taxs by any means possible...hes not the man to run this country. Heres a guy that made a fortune taking jobs from other americans and kept most of that fortune by paying less a tax rate that me...and you conservatives want to call that success ? The system was created by the likes of Romney for ROMNEYS....he is the embodiment of the born with the gold spoon in his ass...IM ENTITLED crowd...and he needs to be put down...he is not ordained to be president because hes RICH
 
No its not illegal...but its pertinent to the character and intentions of a candidate for President of the United States...if Romny has the mentality that hes "ENTITLED" to not pay any taxs by any means possible...hes not the man to run this country. Heres a guy that made a fortune taking jobs from other americans and kept most of that fortune by paying less a tax rate that me...and you conservatives want to call that success ? The system was created by the likes of Romney for ROMNEYS....he is the embodiment of the born with the gold spoon in his ass...IM ENTITLED crowd...and he needs to be put down...he is not ordained to be president because hes RICH

Do you think Wasserman-Shultz is a "Romney"?
 
Doesnt matter shes not running for president

What is important about the office of President of the United States that makes diversification into foreign banks so much worse than for any other political figure?
 
Did I miss the development where Shultz is running for President?
Of course you didnt. What you missed is the mindless leftist hypocrisy that implies a Swiss bank account is somehow a bad thing. Oh...wait...that should read...its a bad thing when the OTHER guy does it. sort of like 'reorganizing a business to make it profitable is 'bad' when it is Bain and associated w/ Romney, but NOT when it is Obama shutting down unprofitable auto dealers and laying off employees to 'save' the auto industry.
 
What is important about the office of President of the United States that makes diversification into foreign banks so much worse than for any other political figure?

Called tax dodging..if he does it he will promote it...aside from that its a windfall only for the rich...the working class have no means to do that...
If he campaigns on ENDING those loopholes for the rich...then Ill reconsider never voting for him
 
Of course you didnt. What you missed is the mindless leftist hypocrisy that implies a Swiss bank account is somehow a bad thing. Oh...wait...that should read...its a bad thing when the OTHER guy does it. sort of like 'reorganizing a business to make it profitable is 'bad' when it is Bain and associated w/ Romney, but NOT when it is Obama shutting down unprofitable auto dealers and laying off employees to 'save' the auto industry.


It is NOT hypocrisy when only the super rich can have a swiss bank acct to avoid their tax responsibility. What you dont get and you will not acknowledge is that his entire far right conservative agenda is about taking from the working class and giving moar to the super rich.
Not only do they want more tax cuts for the super rich they want to PROMOTE swiss bank accts and offshore hideaways to assure they pay nothing.

Vancemack you can stand on your head and twirl and spout all day long that a guy like romney worth hundreds of millions of dollars...has the "RIGHT" to pay less a percentage of federal tax than ME....you conservatives misrepresent the facts and whats actually happening in this country.
The rich is paying SQUAT nothing near what they are supposed to be paying...they hide it...steal...cheat , swindle...all the things the middleclass cannot do...and Romny personifies that...he has swiss bank accts..off shore tax shelters in the cayman islands...he paid 13% federal taxs last year...and HE IS RUNNING ON MORE TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH....you conservatives cant see the truth when its slapping you in the nose..
 
No its not illegal...but its pertinent to the character and intentions of a candidate for President of the United States...if Romny has the mentality that hes "ENTITLED" to not pay any taxs by any means possible...hes not the man to run this country. Heres a guy that made a fortune taking jobs from other americans and kept most of that fortune by paying less a tax rate that me...and you conservatives want to call that success ? The system was created by the likes of Romney for ROMNEYS....he is the embodiment of the born with the gold spoon in his ass...IM ENTITLED crowd...and he needs to be put down...he is not ordained to be president because hes RICH

And you are instead going to vote for Obama because he doesn't take any and every loophole he can find to minimize his own tax bill?

:roll:
 
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