Tax Justice Network: Swiss misinformation in the New York Times.
TJN notes:
The New York Times is carrying an article by a Swiss ideologue, Pierre Bessard, entitled Leave Swiss Banks Alone. Anyone reading it might be forgiven for thinking that Swiss bank secrecy somehow is a benefit to the world. We would like to correct a few points of fact, and of interpretation.
And it proceeds to do so, most effectively because, to put it nicely, Bessard is talking out of his proverbial .
One Response to “Swiss misinformation in the New York Times”
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Its outrageous, criticising those poor defenceless Swiss Banks.
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Banking confidentiality enjoys overwhelming support in Switzerland. According to the latest annual survey by the polling firm M.I.S. Trend, 78 percent favor maintaining the laws as they are, and 91 percent are shown to value their financial privacy.
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I wonder if HMG introduced free beer whether it would attract similar support.