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		<title>By: Barclays seems to have something to hide. Oops. &#187; Breaking News Update</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barclays seems to have something to hide. Oops. &#187; Breaking News Update</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] open with the line TechCrunch opened with, because it summarizes this situation perfectly: The lawyers never seem to get the fact that some [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Barclays seems to have something to hide. Oops. &#124; The Streisand Effect</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2705282</link>
		<dc:creator>Barclays seems to have something to hide. Oops. &#124; The Streisand Effect</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] open with the line TechCrunch opened with, because it summarizes this situation perfectly: The lawyers never seem to get the fact that some [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Nedguy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nedguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Every time I see the current  Barclays &quot;where&#039;s the money?&quot; tv ad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY4ecFSLDCg

I think of their tax schemes.

ROFLMAO!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every time I see the current  Barclays &#8220;where&#8217;s the money?&#8221; tv ad&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY4ecFSLDCg" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY4ecFSLDCg'>http://www.yout...h?v=jY4ecFSLDCg</a></p>
<p>I think of their tax schemes.</p>
<p>ROFLMAO!</p>
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		<title>By: Bookmarks for March 20th through March 24th :: I don&#8217;t do Sudoku</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2667517</link>
		<dc:creator>Bookmarks for March 20th through March 24th :: I don&#8217;t do Sudoku</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] How Barclays Ensured That Everyone Would See Their Confidential Tax Avoidance Documents - The lawyers never seem to get the fact that some things just aren’t that interesting until they try to force people not to talk about them. And that’s certainly the case with London headquartered Barclays bank, which has fought the UK newspaper The Guardian all week over the publication of internal Barclays Bank documents alleged to detail huge tax avoidance schemes by the company that total more than $16 billio [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] How Barclays Ensured That Everyone Would See Their Confidential Tax Avoidance Documents &#8211; The lawyers never seem to get the fact that some things just aren’t that interesting until they try to force people not to talk about them. And that’s certainly the case with London headquartered Barclays bank, which has fought the UK newspaper The Guardian all week over the publication of internal Barclays Bank documents alleged to detail huge tax avoidance schemes by the company that total more than $16 billio [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Noticias Copicanarias</title>
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		<dc:creator>Noticias Copicanarias</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] nuevo caso de “efecto Streisand“, aplicado esta vez a un banco: el Barclays ve como unos documentos confidenciales dedicados a instruir a sus clientes sobre una serie de esquemas para ..., un periódico británico, que los publica en su integridad. El asunto era especialmente delicado: [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] nuevo caso de “efecto Streisand“, aplicado esta vez a un banco: el Barclays ve como unos documentos confidenciales dedicados a instruir a sus clientes sobre una serie de esquemas para &#8230;, un periódico británico, que los publica en su integridad. El asunto era especialmente delicado: [...]</p>
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		<title>By: El Barclays y el efecto Streisand &#124; Buzzeando</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2666224</link>
		<dc:creator>El Barclays y el efecto Streisand &#124; Buzzeando</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] nuevo caso de &#8220;efecto Streisand&#8220;, aplicado esta vez a un banco: el Barclays ve como unos documentos confidenciales dedicados a instruir a sus clientes sobre una serie de esquemas para ..., un periódico británico,&#8230; Seguir leyendo: [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] nuevo caso de &#8220;efecto Streisand&#8220;, aplicado esta vez a un banco: el Barclays ve como unos documentos confidenciales dedicados a instruir a sus clientes sobre una serie de esquemas para &#8230;, un periódico británico,&hellip; Seguir leyendo: [...]</p>
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		<title>By: El Barclays y el efecto Streisand &#124;</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2665560</link>
		<dc:creator>El Barclays y el efecto Streisand &#124;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] nuevo caso de &#8220;efecto Streisand&#8220;, aplicado esta vez a un banco: el Barclays ve como unos documentos confidenciales dedicados a instruir a sus clientes sobre una serie de esquemas para ..., un periódico británico, que los publica en su integridad. El asunto era especialmente delicado: [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] nuevo caso de &#8220;efecto Streisand&#8220;, aplicado esta vez a un banco: el Barclays ve como unos documentos confidenciales dedicados a instruir a sus clientes sobre una serie de esquemas para &#8230;, un periódico británico, que los publica en su integridad. El asunto era especialmente delicado: [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Pasaba por aqui</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pasaba por aqui</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seams that http://www.docstoc.com/ is inaccessible, technical problems, legal problems or denegation attack???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seams that <a href="http://www.docstoc.com/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.docstoc.com/'>http://www.docstoc.com/</a> is inaccessible, technical problems, legal problems or denegation attack???</p>
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		<title>By: TheBest</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2665530</link>
		<dc:creator>TheBest</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Welcome to the US^^</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the US^^</p>
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		<title>By: info</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2664839</link>
		<dc:creator>info</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CPO RJ Garbowicz was asked what is YourNight.com, he responded, “Picture this; you get home from work in the evenings and you turn on your PC, what do you do . . . answer email . . . browse your social networking or dating site . . . play online games . . . search videos and music . . . shop online . . . peruse job listings . . . check out local events . . . search for a business . . . go to your online banking . . . well you get the point, YourNight.com affords you all of this, and much, much more – all within one colossal, user-friendly portal . . . that’s all I can say for now, since we are still in stealth mode . . . however, as soon as we complete our Series A capital raise of $10 million our purpose and presence will be known.”

For more information, please contact:
RJ Garbowicz President/CPO Extreme Enterprises, Inc.
Phone:727.289.5522
Email:RJ@eeihq.com
PO Box 49271
St Petersburg, FL 33743</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CPO RJ Garbowicz was asked what is YourNight.com, he responded, “Picture this; you get home from work in the evenings and you turn on your PC, what do you do . . . answer email . . . browse your social networking or dating site . . . play online games . . . search videos and music . . . shop online . . . peruse job listings . . . check out local events . . . search for a business . . . go to your online banking . . . well you get the point, YourNight.com affords you all of this, and much, much more – all within one colossal, user-friendly portal . . . that’s all I can say for now, since we are still in stealth mode . . . however, as soon as we complete our Series A capital raise of $10 million our purpose and presence will be known.”</p>
<p>For more information, please contact:<br />
RJ Garbowicz President/CPO Extreme Enterprises, Inc.<br />
Phone:727.289.5522<br />
Email:RJ@eeihq.com<br />
PO Box 49271<br />
St Petersburg, FL 33743</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2664737</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe its about time we started to question how transparent the &#039;free world&#039; econonmies actually are.

Working in small fast moving tech firrms we all become a bit blase about assuming that everyone else values the strength that comes with honesty and transparency.  When in fact the biggest pillars of our economy have become geared up precisely to obscure and confuse the situation,

Its precisely the &#039;avoidance&#039; of scrutiny mentality that has led to the laughing stock that the finance sector has become.  Perhaps rather than chasing the Guardian they should take a long hard look at what has become accepted practice in their industry.

Excellent post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe its about time we started to question how transparent the &#8216;free world&#8217; econonmies actually are.</p>
<p>Working in small fast moving tech firrms we all become a bit blase about assuming that everyone else values the strength that comes with honesty and transparency.  When in fact the biggest pillars of our economy have become geared up precisely to obscure and confuse the situation,</p>
<p>Its precisely the &#8216;avoidance&#8217; of scrutiny mentality that has led to the laughing stock that the finance sector has become.  Perhaps rather than chasing the Guardian they should take a long hard look at what has become accepted practice in their industry.</p>
<p>Excellent post.</p>
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		<title>By: Wa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t understand a word you are saying and I am not sure where your comments are meant to go.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t understand a word you are saying and I am not sure where your comments are meant to go.</p>
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		<title>By: d4r1nC</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2664489</link>
		<dc:creator>d4r1nC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This information is completely irrelevent to techcrunch.  The shark was jumped.  Nice job, Fonz.  

Achieving tax efficiencies is a very important aspect of financial services.  The omission of the bank&#039;s risk assessment, although on the surface appearing deceptive, was done so to protect the firm&#039;s intellectual capital as they would not be capable of generating profit in a business that competitors fully understand and can participate in.  

It is through Barclay&#039;s intimate knowledge of tax laws and legal loopholes of governments as well as an apparently intimate knowledge of how the governments would potentially challenge such tax efficiency strategies that makes Barclay&#039;s business viable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This information is completely irrelevent to techcrunch.  The shark was jumped.  Nice job, Fonz.  </p>
<p>Achieving tax efficiencies is a very important aspect of financial services.  The omission of the bank&#8217;s risk assessment, although on the surface appearing deceptive, was done so to protect the firm&#8217;s intellectual capital as they would not be capable of generating profit in a business that competitors fully understand and can participate in.  </p>
<p>It is through Barclay&#8217;s intimate knowledge of tax laws and legal loopholes of governments as well as an apparently intimate knowledge of how the governments would potentially challenge such tax efficiency strategies that makes Barclay&#8217;s business viable.</p>
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		<title>By: Mahalo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mahalo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Be afraid, be afraid my friend - we could bring intriguing odors and funny English to your neighborhood plus express nonsensical, firm statements about *everything* like that idiot &quot;Anjali&quot; from Delhi....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Be afraid, be afraid my friend &#8211; we could bring intriguing odors and funny English to your neighborhood plus express nonsensical, firm statements about *everything* like that idiot &#8220;Anjali&#8221; from Delhi&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: sky</title>
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		<dc:creator>sky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Those guys at Barclays really earned their money. Look at how complicated these stuff are. I bet you do have to be smart to think up some schemes like that and it&#039;s all legal anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Those guys at Barclays really earned their money. Look at how complicated these stuff are. I bet you do have to be smart to think up some schemes like that and it&#8217;s all legal anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: not only</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2664258</link>
		<dc:creator>not only</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not only they mess it all up, also want bailout money from helpless govt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not only they mess it all up, also want bailout money from helpless govt.</p>
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		<title>By: huhahaha</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2664257</link>
		<dc:creator>huhahaha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>r u afraid of India?

be afraid... very afraid...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>r u afraid of India?</p>
<p>be afraid&#8230; very afraid&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Smart Babes Are Sexy Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/21/how-barclays-ensured-that-everyone-would-see-their-confidential-tax-avoidance-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-2664223</link>
		<dc:creator>Smart Babes Are Sexy Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How true ... messed up UK laws are also why there are so many &quot; &quot; in the headlines of UK newspapers.  

Without them, many of the newspapers can easily get sued for defamation and libel, as UK has some of the most ridiculous defamation and libel laws in the world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How true &#8230; messed up UK laws are also why there are so many &#8221; &#8221; in the headlines of UK newspapers.  </p>
<p>Without them, many of the newspapers can easily get sued for defamation and libel, as UK has some of the most ridiculous defamation and libel laws in the world.</p>
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		<title>By: Nero</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nero</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can you stop writing &quot;From India&quot; and just represent yourself? We don&#039;t care where you are from.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can you stop writing &#8220;From India&#8221; and just represent yourself? We don&#8217;t care where you are from.</p>
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		<title>By: Batman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Batman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good Article Michael,

Newspaper publications are also a different story regarding UK publication Law on and offline,

But also note its a thin line to walk.

Fleet Street has been well and truly dead since the 90&#039;s not only from advertising lost to the web but severe censorship, upholding free speech on the net is a must for any news media site.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good Article Michael,</p>
<p>Newspaper publications are also a different story regarding UK publication Law on and offline,</p>
<p>But also note its a thin line to walk.</p>
<p>Fleet Street has been well and truly dead since the 90&#8217;s not only from advertising lost to the web but severe censorship, upholding free speech on the net is a must for any news media site.</p>
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		<title>By: Jacob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Banks control money, and they aren&#039;t regulated because they CONTROL MONEY. If you control the monetary system you can beat it, this post may point out the odacious behavior, but they will not pay for their crime.

You can&#039;t beat banks because cash is becoming archaic. Everything will be digitalized, and you will have to have a bank. The problem is they can make retarded ammounts of money from their schemes.

Interest rates should be nothing, but debt = money for banks. So if you want money you need to pay for it and then some. Not that big a deal, but they never seem to drop interest rates very much. Why would they it equals more profit for them.

Overdraft fees. Even if you put the money in the same day the bank gives you no timeframe or notice that your funds have depleted. They do this on purpose because if you overdraft that equals loads of money for them. In fact they hope you never pay your overdraft fee so they can take out an overdraft fee for not paying your fee. It is a catch-22 cycle that drives people crazy. But who can you get made at? The government is socialist and borrows from the banks themselves.

Account service fees, these are my favorite. You get charged for simply having an account. As if they aren&#039;t making enough having a surplus of your cash, you need to pay for extra savings accounts. They will even charge you if you transfer too much money from savings to checking and vise-versa. How is transferring your money costing them a dime? Do we need to pay for their webhosting?

Currency converting fees... They have an automated calculator that does this for them when it enters the banking system. However it charges you for it because well, why not? Any chance they get to tax on a little fee to your account is BIG $$ for them.

So am I surprised a bank is trying to create loopholes to not pay tax? No. However I am outraged, and demand our monetary system be converted back to clams.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Banks control money, and they aren&#8217;t regulated because they CONTROL MONEY. If you control the monetary system you can beat it, this post may point out the odacious behavior, but they will not pay for their crime.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t beat banks because cash is becoming archaic. Everything will be digitalized, and you will have to have a bank. The problem is they can make retarded ammounts of money from their schemes.</p>
<p>Interest rates should be nothing, but debt = money for banks. So if you want money you need to pay for it and then some. Not that big a deal, but they never seem to drop interest rates very much. Why would they it equals more profit for them.</p>
<p>Overdraft fees. Even if you put the money in the same day the bank gives you no timeframe or notice that your funds have depleted. They do this on purpose because if you overdraft that equals loads of money for them. In fact they hope you never pay your overdraft fee so they can take out an overdraft fee for not paying your fee. It is a catch-22 cycle that drives people crazy. But who can you get made at? The government is socialist and borrows from the banks themselves.</p>
<p>Account service fees, these are my favorite. You get charged for simply having an account. As if they aren&#8217;t making enough having a surplus of your cash, you need to pay for extra savings accounts. They will even charge you if you transfer too much money from savings to checking and vise-versa. How is transferring your money costing them a dime? Do we need to pay for their webhosting?</p>
<p>Currency converting fees&#8230; They have an automated calculator that does this for them when it enters the banking system. However it charges you for it because well, why not? Any chance they get to tax on a little fee to your account is BIG $$ for them.</p>
<p>So am I surprised a bank is trying to create loopholes to not pay tax? No. However I am outraged, and demand our monetary system be converted back to clams.</p>
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		<title>By: Zara Lockwood</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zara Lockwood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>anon that&#039;s exactly the kind of &#039;logic&#039; cash gifting scammers use in their web copy to con people into thinking it is legal to avoid tax as long as you are doing in &#039;within the law&#039;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>anon that&#8217;s exactly the kind of &#8216;logic&#8217; cash gifting scammers use in their web copy to con people into thinking it is legal to avoid tax as long as you are doing in &#8216;within the law&#8217;</p>
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		<title>By: Zara Lockwood</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zara Lockwood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Alex I think we all actually know by now about slave labor, oil,weapons guns greed, most of the banks were built on the funds/blood money made by selling African people as products - i.e the black slave trade - people crammed into boats with their ankles shackled made the banks so great - so what should we expect ? 

We also all know what is done in the name of money - kids are used by adults as prostitutes in places like Thailand, women and illegal immigrants are trafficked, as are drugs and porn across the world all for power and CASH- people are stabbing and killing over money

All of this dirty cash is probably mingled together in a big pot called - an off-shore bank - the very places where most of the wealthy are keeping their stash of cash hidden along with the banks that haven&#039;t gone bust.

It is all so big and HORRID that I think sometimes it is easier to switch off the TV, close the paper and give the mind a rest 
- we KNOW - 

I mean if I know all this stuff you can bet just about everyone else on this planet with a TV or a town crier of some kind KNOWS it.

Watcha gonna do ? - have a revolution - all live in hippy utopia share out stuff equally - well it won&#039;t happen - their will always be a runt of the pack and a piggy that gets fat.

I don&#039;t know what the answer is - we will probably be hit by a meteorite at some point and fried in our own juices.

Until that day I am gonna try to make some of this stinking money to keep the beasts off my back - it&#039;s called survival.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alex I think we all actually know by now about slave labor, oil,weapons guns greed, most of the banks were built on the funds/blood money made by selling African people as products &#8211; i.e the black slave trade &#8211; people crammed into boats with their ankles shackled made the banks so great &#8211; so what should we expect ? </p>
<p>We also all know what is done in the name of money &#8211; kids are used by adults as prostitutes in places like Thailand, women and illegal immigrants are trafficked, as are drugs and porn across the world all for power and CASH- people are stabbing and killing over money</p>
<p>All of this dirty cash is probably mingled together in a big pot called &#8211; an off-shore bank &#8211; the very places where most of the wealthy are keeping their stash of cash hidden along with the banks that haven&#8217;t gone bust.</p>
<p>It is all so big and HORRID that I think sometimes it is easier to switch off the TV, close the paper and give the mind a rest<br />
- we KNOW &#8211; </p>
<p>I mean if I know all this stuff you can bet just about everyone else on this planet with a TV or a town crier of some kind KNOWS it.</p>
<p>Watcha gonna do ? &#8211; have a revolution &#8211; all live in hippy utopia share out stuff equally &#8211; well it won&#8217;t happen &#8211; their will always be a runt of the pack and a piggy that gets fat.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know what the answer is &#8211; we will probably be hit by a meteorite at some point and fried in our own juices.</p>
<p>Until that day I am gonna try to make some of this stinking money to keep the beasts off my back &#8211; it&#8217;s called survival.</p>
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		<title>By: Zara Lockwood</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zara Lockwood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Make the most of actually knowing what goes on behind the scenes as the UK government is creating a new law that bypasses the freedom of information act so the public won&#039;t even know when they have messed up - on the one hand this rule may do good in that crime figures and civil unrest goes UP when the pillars of society appear to be crumbling on the other hand it&#039;s also pretty big censorship - bit like the internet youtube music being banned in UK - yet we can still get all the porno - go figure that one out!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Make the most of actually knowing what goes on behind the scenes as the UK government is creating a new law that bypasses the freedom of information act so the public won&#8217;t even know when they have messed up &#8211; on the one hand this rule may do good in that crime figures and civil unrest goes UP when the pillars of society appear to be crumbling on the other hand it&#8217;s also pretty big censorship &#8211; bit like the internet youtube music being banned in UK &#8211; yet we can still get all the porno &#8211; go figure that one out!</p>
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		<title>By: Angela Watson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Angela Watson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you, Michael. Good work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, Michael. Good work.</p>
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