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American Voices

Friday, August 21, 2009

Swiss Bank To Name Clients

After reaching an agreement with U.S. authorities, the Swiss bank UBS is providing the IRS with the names of 4,450 American clients. What do you think?

Young Woman

Teri Prueher,
Systems Analyst
"They're just telling the IRS, not wives or kids, right?"

Young Man

Lloyd Pickett,
Toll Booth Attendant
"Why would you open a Swiss bank account when you can just forget to do taxes every year?"

Black Man

Paul Severance,
Hoisting Engineer
"Oh yeah? Well, how about I reveal some Swiss secrets then? For one, fondue is just melted cheese."

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