--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Just for fun, and to piss off the emotionally- > out-of-control here. :-) > > My theory -- which is not just mine, BTW, and > has been voiced in the European press -- is > that the Polanski case is All About Extradition. > > That is, it's an attempt by the US to "beef up" > extradition as a "preventive measure" to keep > rich Americans from taking their money to off- > shore tax havens and then moving there them- > selves when the economy finally tanks. The real > goal of this effort is to ensure that when this > happens the US can extradite and "bring back" > rich people who move to tax haven countries and, > more important, "bring back" their money. > > Andorran sources have said that pressures similar > to what the US is trying to impose on Switzerland > have been tried on them. So have sources in the > Channel Islands, the Cayman Islands, and other > nations known as tax havens. > > I'll just throw this out and allow the ranters > to rant about it. It's just a theory, and a con- > spiracy theory at that :-), but my rule of thumb > when some guvmint dredges up a 32-year-old case
...and the reason it's a 32 year case is SOLELY because of the convicted child rapist. Gee, I don't suppose one of the motivations on the part of the U.S. is that to discourage further child rapes that it must be shown that you can't flee justice forever, could it? Sadly for Barry who thinks the French and Europeans superior to Americans in all things, including justice and child rape, the French Ministry of Justice has seen the public opinion polls (running 70% against Polanski) and have officially dropped their request that Polanski be set free. > at the same time its economy is in a meltdown is > that it's not a bad idea to "follow the money" > and see whether there might just be a financial > reason for it. And there is. > > http://www.billshrink.com/blog/15-of-the-worlds-most-significant-tax-havens/ > > http://emsnews.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/tax-havens-under-attack/ > > http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2009/08/21/finance/your_money/doc4a8ee0dc0e47f892500676.txt > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/15/rich-americans-scrambling_n_260325.html > > http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/08/19/economic-scene-a-tougher-stance-on-tax-havens/ >
