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Originally posted by LordBaskettIV
They only pursued snipes because he is black, and famous. If anyone really wants to avoid the tax man, start a cash based buisness. It's that simple. The government has no right to tax, if they can't stay afloat by donations then they suck, and should fail.
Originally posted by mnemeth1
Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
reply to post by mnemeth1
This post appears to be much more about your personal hang ups than about an actor who consistently failed to file his tax returns.
Yeah, I have a "hang ups" with illegal wars and violent theft.
It's a small issue that I'm currently work on with my therapist.
Every time I get to the breakthrough point, I keep regressing back to the infantile position of wanting to keep my own stuff.
My therapist recommended that I undergo police tasering as a form a electro-shock therapy.
edit on 9-12-2010 by mnemeth1 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Josephus23
reply to post by mnemeth1
I am surprised at Mr. Snipes sentence. I would have thought that his punishment would have been more along the lines of a promotion to a high level position in the Obama cabinet, similar to how they threw the book at Timmy Geithner for failing to pay his 23,000$ in back taxes.
Not that a double standard exists in America, because it surely doesn't.
I wonder how Sherry Jackson feels about Snipes' sentence, or better yet, Geithner's.
edit on 12/10/2010 by Josephus23 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by mnemeth1
The US Government has recently ordered the kidnapping and enslavement of actor Wesley Snipes for failing to pay his cut of their "protection money."
Kent E. Hovind (born January 15, 1953) is an American Young Earth creationist and conspiracy theorist famous for his creation science seminars that aim to convince listeners to reject modern theories of evolution, geophysics, and cosmology in favor of the Genesis creation narrative as found in the Bible. Hovind's views are contradicted by scientific evidence and research. His ideas also have been criticized by Young Earth creationist organizations like Answers in Genesis.
Hovind established the Creation Science Evangelism ministry in 1989 and frequently argued for Young Earth creationism and made other controversial remarks in his talks at private schools and churches, at debates, and on radio and television broadcasts.
Since January 2007, Hovind has been serving a ten-year prison sentence after being convicted of 58 federal counts, including twelve tax offenses, one count of obstructing federal agents and forty-five counts of structuring cash transactions. He is currently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Jesup.
October 05, 2010 reported that a Todt Hill plastic surgeon has been arrested on felony charges that he failed to pay over $225,000 in state income taxes, the district attorney’s office announced today. Dr. Robert Vitolo, 67, who has offices in Dongan Hills, Manhattan, Brooklyn and New Jersey, was placed under arrest at his Circle Road home this morning. The doctor failed to file New York State Income Tax Returns for the years 2007 through 2009, not paying $225,097 in personal income tax during that time, prosecutors allege. Vitolo is charged with a top count of second-degree grand larceny, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.