I think that perhaps Fran this is actualy a much larger question than at first percived to be.
What actions should a goverment take in the running of the country? I think that any goverment has it's own share of 'wet' and 'black' work going on don't you? I also think that thye majority of us understand the necisity of such work, and so cannot in all god conciousness complain over much about such dubiouse morality. So when measured against this, and in these chaotic finacial times, then perhaps theft can also be forgiven? Well like most things I guess we need to look at specifics, but personaly I'm going to have to say on this one, that at times any goverment is bound to act imorraly for the benifit of the country, and in all probabilty this being the case we have to deem such actions as exceptable. On 2 Feb, 16:59, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > The German government has been offered a CD containing data > concerning around 1,500 bank accounts in Switzerland where money has > been squirreled away by Germans to avoid paying tax in Germany. The > data was stolen. The asking price for the CD is € 2.5 million. The > information is estimated to be worth around € 100 million to the > German tax authorities. > > The Swiss are, predictably, incandescent. Personally, as someone who > pays taxes in Germany, I don't have much sympathy with those rich > enough to avoid paying their taxes by trying to hide money in other > countries and taking a hit for doing so. On the other hand, there is > no doubt that the German government is giving a signal that certain > kinds of crime pay, as long as the return from other criminals (rich > tax dodgers) is big enough. In one sense, the government is > undoubtedly guilty of the crime of knowingly receiving stolen goods. > Should they do it? > > http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,675371,00.html > > Francis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
