Tax Avoidance: Mitch McConnell In-Law Registers His Ships In Liberia To Avoid U.S. Taxes

As Democrats angle to make corporate tax flight a campaign issue against Republicans in the 2014 election, a report indicates the company owned by the father-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. registers its ships overseas to avoid U.S. taxes. The report from the Louisville (Ky.) Courant says ships belonging to Foremost Maritime Group, owned by Capt. James S.C. Chao, sail under a Liberian flag.