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Switzerland objects to Obama campaign film slur
Switzerland hit back Tuesday at a US presidential election campaign video that portrays the country as a tax haven.
In the video, a character named Miss Swiss Bank Account describes the Republican candidate Mitt Romney as a “boss millionaire with accounts everywhere”, the ATS news agency reported.
The film gives “the impression that having a bank account in Switzerland is dubious in itself and its only aim is to hide money from the tax authorities,” Switzerland’s Federal Department for Foreign Affairs (DFAE) said.
Switzerland’s Washington embassy reportedly expressed its unhappiness at the clip to the Obama team, ATS said.
Boobie the Rocket Dog
August 22nd, 2012
Why so touchy? The three things Switz is known for are bank accounts, cheese and its armed populace policy.
I still haven’t figured out how the Obamarrhoids got UBS to divulge.
Carlos The Jackal
August 22nd, 2012
Obviously the child king is not quite finished insulting America’s allies. What an unforgiveably useless twit.
Moe Tom
August 22nd, 2012
The obummer is appealing to those who have no savings whatsoever. Those who spend their money on what they want, and beg for what they need.
bitterclinger
August 22nd, 2012
Yep, that’s Ebola: making friends and influencing people worldwide.
dude
August 22nd, 2012
obumbles has dropped his crap in so many places that he is now beginning to step in it.
Chip Kale
August 22nd, 2012
What nerve- criticizing a Nobel Prize winner.
*sarc/off*
Democrats
August 22nd, 2012
“Mitt Romney can’t have Swiss bank accounts!!!!11!!! That’s where all of OUR money is!!!!!!”
Xavier
August 22nd, 2012
Look at it from Barry’s perspective: it’s going to be at least a year before he can loot those accounts via the UN, and he needs the money now. No wonder he’s pissed.
MNHawk
August 22nd, 2012
Maybe Switzerland would be better served coming back with a film about life in the third world city of Chitcago, instead of just whining about what Chitcago trash are saying.
pink Floyd
August 22nd, 2012
Let me get this straight…it’s BAD to keep the property that you have earned in a place where thieves can’t steal it from you. hmmmm
Sorry, still don’t understand.
GW Bear
August 22nd, 2012
That’s so blase. Everyone knows you get a better interest rate in the Caymans.
Lowell
August 22nd, 2012
From above: “the impression that having a bank account in Switzerland is dubious in itself and its only aim is to hide money from the tax authorities,”
True in itself, but not the whole picture. The IRS can’t freeze those accounts on a whim. Especially if they don’t know who it belongs to.
I’m pretty sure the IRS has has made inroads into identifying US holders of those accounts. Perhaps most of them.