Dr. Ben Carson is right:  He has proposed a six-month window to repatriate the entire amount tax-free, as long as 10% is spent on some social good to be determined, such as Red Cross or Headstart or whatever.  Would such a huge cash injection help the United States?  Absolutely!  Would it help us a great deal?  Probably not.

Dr. Gabriel Zucman is also right:  He is a professor at the University of California and just wrote a book entitled The Hidden Wealth of Nations, in which he deduces there is now about $7.6 TRILLION (about 8% of the world’s total wealth) hidden in such tax/secrecy havens as Panama, Channel Islands, etc. (Even though it has been illegal since 2009, the amount of foreign money in Switzerland has increased 18% since then.)  Of course, not all of that hidden money is from Americans, but wouldn’t the world benefit if 8% of its wealth was returned to it?

Does that mean Dr. Carson should be elected President of the United Countries of Earth?