Sony Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 No matter what- they always do well. Any reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 because it's a SWIZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 maybe its because they havent got our politicians running their country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernStar Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 No matter what- they always do well. Any reason? The Swiss have been the richest people in the world for a long time when you look at GDP per capita. I can only speculate, but I suspect that the start came with profits from the storage of the plundering of the Nazi regime from WWII and more recently have helped wealthy tax dodgers to hide their ill gotten gains from Taxation and other reasons a person might want to hide their money in secret Swiss bank accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 The swiss banking system is notorious for its deep secrecy. *Allegedly* for generations their many banks have been happy to hold funds from criminals and others who wish to hide their wealth from their own country or the worldwide financial industry. They did this long before the Nazi era, but recently their banking sector has become noted for off shore deposits in order to avoid tax. Overall there are trillians of dollars of currency deposited in swiss banks and this gives them an incredibly strong financial sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Could it be to do with them not spending gazillions on foreign wars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 The Swiss have been the richest people in the world for a long time when you look at GDP per capita. I can only speculate, but I suspect that the start came with profits from the storage of the plundering of the Nazi regime from WWII and more recently have helped wealthy tax dodgers to hide their ill gotten gains from Taxation and other reasons a person might want to hide their money in secret Swiss bank accounts. I was going to suggest hidden Nazi gold as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I was going to suggest hidden Nazi gold as well and people who you know can get away with hiding money from the taxman but think its ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Knights Hospitallers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 1) Because it is not in the EU. 2) Because it has it's own currency and not the Euro. Regards Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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