New Ad Campaign Slams Companies With Offshore Headquarters

“In the sands of Iraq, our soldiers risk their lives for our country,” says the voiceover. “At the same time, big corporations are abandoning our country and setting up phony tax shelters in the sands of Bermuda.”

A group called the Bermuda Project is behind this campaign hoping it will stir congress into enacting laws governing a company’s use of off shore tax havens. View the spot here.

Brings Tyco to mind doesn’t it? [via USA Today]

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