Monthly Archives: October 2012

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sCKgTtCkkI

“Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military’s changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines…And so the question is not a game of Battleship where we’re counting ships. It’s — it’s what are our capabilities.”

President Obama responds to Mitt Romney’s claim that the US Navy has fewer ships today than at any time since 1917 (starts at 4.14).

With ‘Horses And Bayonets,’ Obama Casts Romney as Out Of Touch (LA Times)

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THE REVENUE Commissioners has said it believes Government departments and public bodies have been involved in “a number of instances” of “offensive tax avoidance and or abuse”, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Acts.

The documents, which did not detail cases, said the instances had “directly or indirectly” come to the attention of Revenue and were considered a breach of tax codes. “Where such activities come to Revenue’s attention we will challenge them by reference to the law,” the documents said.

Released by the Department of Health to The Irish Times, the documents were issued to departments when concerns were raised in the Dáil about the tax compliance of consultants hired by ministers on special contracts through consultancy companies.

This should be fun…

Tax abuse in State bodies, says Revenue (Fiona Gartland, Irish Times)

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