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The IRS wants info on tax dodgers!
The Southern District Court of New York says the IRS can go after people who stash fortunes overseas. Last week, U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood authorized the agency to issue summonses that require Citibank and New York Mellon to hand over information about U.S. taxpayers who've been evading federal taxes. By stashing millions in undisclosed accounts overseas, many of the ultra-rich have avoided paying their fair share, but that may soon be over thanks to Judge Wood.
The Court also granted permission for so-called “John Doe” summons to be issued to Bank of America, JPMorgan, and HSBC. The IRS will use these John Doe summons to identify tax fraud perpetrators, who lie about their overseas income and assets. For far too long, the rich have stashed huge fortunes in tax havens overseas, and contributed as little as possible to our commons.
With new international tax agreements – like the one signed earlier this year between the US and Switzerland – and the IRS now able to investigate overseas tax fraud, the corporate elite may soon have a tougher time skipping out on contributing to our country. It is our commons, and our production, that allowed many of those at the top to become wealthy, and they should pay for the privilege of doing business here. Thanks to Judge Kimda Wood, the IRS can now hold accountable those who attempt to evade their legal – and moral – responsibility to pay their taxes.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Obamacare...by the numbers (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
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Need to Know: Obamacare...by the numbers- Ethan Rome, Health Care for America Now 
Screwed: Shift to the left...- Jesse Myerson, Journalist / Co-host, Disorderly Conduct - Kshama Sawant, Socialist Alternative for Seattle City Council.
The Best of the Rest...
NSA's political pay for play...- Lisa Graves, Center for Media & Democracy
Geeky Science: - Climate change and the power of plants
Daily Take: Climate change is happening faster than you think
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Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Portland's Carl Wolfson pays a visit- Carl Wolfson, Host of Carl in The Morning, co-host for 6 years on KPOJ in Portland w/Thom Hartmann
Site: Yes on I-522 - Label Genetically Engineered Foods, WA State.
Scrooge vs. Walmart
Hour Two: The Wikileaks TPP leak...- Mike Papantonio, Attorney / Host-Ring of Fire Radio
Virginia election...- Brad Friedman, Editor/Publisher-The Brad Blog
Hour Three: Hands off Social Security!!- Steve Cobble, Institute for Policy Studies / Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
Speech: " First Inaugural Address", Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 4 March 1933. "let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Obamacare...what the numbers really mean- Igor Volsky, Think Progress & co-author of Howard Dean’s Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform
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Thom's Poll
Do low enrollment numbers mean Obamacare will fail?
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Lone Liberal - Save Healthcare Reform or Sabotage It?
PP - Wikileaks has released another bombshell
Why The Crash of 2016 Will Happen...
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Full Show 11/13/13: 10 Corporations Control Almost Everything We Buy
Tonight's "Lone Liberal Rumble" panel discusses the Obamacare enrollment numbers released today, Sen. Warren's comments on how our too big to fail problem has gotten worse and whether Sen. Reid will actually end the filibuster. Thom talks TPP with Attorney and Radio Host Mike Papantonio, and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom details how a handful of large corporations control almost everything we buy.
Thom Hartmann on the News: November 13, 2013
Hands off Social Security!!
The Wikileaks TPP Leak
Portland's Carl Wolfson pays a Visit
Scrooge vs. Walmart
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