the moon's favors: biggest welfare queens ever

2012/09/03

biggest welfare queens ever

Private equity goons are the biggest welfare queens ever. via @nytimes http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/business/inquiry-on-tax-strategy-adds-to-scrutiny-of-finance-firms.html?comments#permid=135

“There is a tension between economic risk and tax risk that is supposed to be inversely proportional,” Mr. Fleischer said. “The way Bain set it up there’s not much risk at all, so it’s hard to see how this income should receive capital gains treatment.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/business/inquiry-on-tax-strategy-adds-to-scrutiny-of-finance-firms.html?_r=1&emc=na

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