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Depositors come here to avoid political and economic predation at home, he says. They'll switch to banks outside the United States rather than risk their financial information falling into the hands of their governments — and, through porous security there, potentially of criminals.
"We are concerned deposits could fly to other countries," Robleto says. At bankers' behest, all of Florida's congressional delegation signed a letter to President Obama asking him to kill the regulation, saying it "would likely result" in hundreds of billions of dollars leaving the United States.
 "We are concerned deposits could fly to other countries." — Frank D. Robleto |
"Last year, 66% of the banks that we regulated were unprofitable. Sixty-five percent of them are under regulatory supervision, as I stand here today," he said in his May statement. "In other words, the banking system in Florida, and particularly in south Florida, is in a fragile state."
Supporters of the IRS regulation argue that the only depositors who shift money are tax evaders.
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