Apple Walks Away From Multibillion Dollar Tax Obligation

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 3, 2013 Apple will deprive the American public of $9 billion in U.S. taxes by paying shareholders with proceeds from a $17 billion blockbuster bond sale instead of using money it made abroad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Americans Live Sicker, Die Younger

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2013 Compared with people in other affluent countries, Americans are the least healthy and most likely to die young; according to televangelist Pat Robertson, "awful looking" women are destroying modern day marriage; meanwhile, America's richest citizens are hoarding $3 trillion a year (thrice our deficit) by avoiding taxes. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Tour Through Tax Evasion

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 10, 2013 It is estimated that each year developing countries lose to tax evasion one and a half times the amount they receive in international aid. In the U.K. alone, the practice costs more than $91 billion annually, more than is spent on defense, welfare or education. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Depardieu, Russian Citizen

Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, Le Temps, Switzerland Jan 10, 2013 Dig deeper

Gérard Depardieu & Brigitte Bardot

Christo Komarnitski, Cagle Cartoons, Bulgaria Jan 8, 2013 Dig deeper

Putin and Depardieu

Tom Janssen, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands Jan 7, 2013 Dig deeper

Depardieu and Putin

Martin Sutovec, Cagle Cartoons, Slovakia Jan 6, 2013 Dig deeper

Tax Evasion Lesson No. 1: Become a Russian Citizen

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2013 French actor Gerard Depardieu has resorted to becoming Russian in order to avoid paying taxes in France, with a little help from Vladimir Putin of course; Jane Harman is being considered for CIA director, despite her past involvement in an Israeli intelligence influence operation; meanwhile, the Obama administration has been compiling a database that helps it determine how to treat a suspected terrorist. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mitt Romney: ‘Tax Avoider on a Grand Scale’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 4, 2012 Joseph Stiglitz, “one of the few members of the economics profession committed to scientific empiricism, not ideology or servitude to the rich,” as one reader put it, writes that the habit of tax avoidance typical of Mitt Romney’s class makes it difficult to publicly fund things like education, technology, and infrastructure, upon which modern economies depend to flourish. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

N.Y. Probes Bain Capital’s Tax Strategy

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 3, 2012 Questions about Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital are not likely to go away any time soon, especially now that it's been revealed that Bain is among a number of major private equity firms under investigation by the New York state attorney general's office for tax-related reasons. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Female Official in Costa Rica Fired for Racy Video

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2012 Karina Bolanos, a vice minister in Costa Rica, was let go after a video of her claiming her longing to her lover while clad in underwear was made public on YouTube; Americans apparently throw away nearly half of their food; meanwhile, a 15-year-old used the Internet to create an advanced cancer test. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

If We’re Headed Toward Greece, Republicans Are Driving Us There

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jul 13, 2012 The central problem in Greece is the government's failure to collect what taxpayers (especially wealthy taxpayers like Mitt Romney) actually owe under the law. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )