RT @TheEconomist: The #PanamaPapers reveal a simple truth: dirty money is happening under America's nose https://t.co/QGLcDBvDvd https://t.…
May 07, 2016
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DEVIN NUNES raised eyebrows in 2013 when, as chairman of a congressional working group on tax, he urged reforms that would make America "the largest tax haven in human history". Though he was thinking of America's competitiveness rather than turning his country into a haven for dirty money, the words were surprising: America is better known for walloping tax-dodgers than welcoming them.