Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

How do we find out which Corporations with offshore headquarters..

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU
 
Gin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 06:28 PM
Original message
How do we find out which Corporations with offshore headquarters..
got government contracts? This is a good campaign issue.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 06:38 PM
Response to Original message
1. Request financial statements of the companies you suspect.
If you have a stock broker, ask him/her.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 06:50 PM
Response to Original message
2. Most large "corporations" ...
... aren't just one corporation; they're many interlinked (often wholly-owned) corporations, some set up solely to take advantage of offshore tax shelters, some set up to erect liability "firewalls" to protect other (limited liability) sibling corporations, and some set up to take advantage of lax (accounting, labor, environmental, etc.) regulations.

Enron was literally hundreds of corporations, all operating either wholly or mostly under the "Enron" umbrella.

This is part of the cancer of corporatism. While they're (wrongfully) treated like "people" under many laws, they get to own other "people". They are both property and "people" under the law. Somewhat like the "living dead," they're immortal and cannot be locked up in a jail cell.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Fri May 10th 2024, 03:23 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC