Federal officials have announced they are now making serious efforts to crack down on people who avoid paying U.S. taxes by banking overseas. Maybe, maybe not…
Offshore Tax Shelters (A Nod And A Wink Poem)
The Nod
My firm is big on patriotism
On ev’ry desk’s a yellow ribbon
The boss can quote both Burke and Gibbon
We pay our taxes, that’s a given.
The Wink
(Taxes are a real hooter
When you pay them in Bermuda.)
The Nod
We’re sticklers when it comes to law
All crooks and cheaters we deplore
Our legal staffers make quite sure
With U.S. regs we’re cool offshore.
The Wink
(There’s a lot you gotta learnsy
When you set up shop in Guernsey)
The Nod
If Congress seeks to trim our pile
And says with Sam we’ve got to file
Our lobbyists employ their guile
To show this plan just ain’t our style.
The Wink
(Ev’ry real corporate diva
Does his banking in Geneva.)
The Nod
There’s no need for retribution
Prosecution’s no solution
We achieve our absolution
With a campaign contribution.
The Wink?
Want a better bottom line
Get your mail in Liechtenstein.)
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