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Snipes Trial Offers IRS Perfect Script
Associated Press ^ | Jan 29, 2008

Posted on 01/29/2008 1:06:35 PM PST by george76

Edited on 01/29/2008 2:53:41 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Even Hollywood couldn't have written a more ideal script for the Internal Revenue Service than actor Wesley Snipes' tax-fraud trial.

At a time when millions of Americans are buckling down to prepare their taxes, Snipes is being cast as a villainous example of the dangers of joining with Internet-fueled activists who claim the IRS has no authority to collect taxes.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: corruption; evasion; fraud; fraudtax; irs; snipes; tax; taxes; taxevasion; wesleysnipes
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To: AmericanHunter

>>I believe it was Tom Cryer.<<

Yup.

http://www.newsbusters.org/node/14077


22 posted on 01/29/2008 1:35:18 PM PST by RobRoy
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To: freekitty
The people that want communism should go live in a communistic country.

No need to travel. I get to enjoy communism right here in Ohio.

23 posted on 01/29/2008 1:35:27 PM PST by suijuris
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To: AmericanHunter

Actually, even better:

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56855


24 posted on 01/29/2008 1:40:58 PM PST by RobRoy
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To: george76
Thats the same guy in the Aaron Russo film,
“Freedom to Fascism”
He threatens Aaron, in Yiddish, when he wants to stop the interview.
Make contradictory statements and says that SCOTUS decisions are irrelevant.
25 posted on 01/29/2008 1:41:30 PM PST by Bibman (Still American and still here.)
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To: RobRoy

Thank you for the links.


26 posted on 01/29/2008 1:47:08 PM PST by AmericanHunter
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
What I don’t see is the advantage to the payor/employer.

Probably was paying the employer part of fica on the face value, saving a small fortune.

27 posted on 01/29/2008 1:49:08 PM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: Bibman

Forgot to paste the guys name.

Sheldon Cohen, who was IRS commissioner and general counsel in the 1960s.

Real piece of cake. Talks out of both sides of his mouth.


28 posted on 01/29/2008 1:49:43 PM PST by Bibman (Still American and still here.)
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To: AmericaUnited

That much I can see, but I can hardly see any such savings outweighing the loss created by selling (say) a 1-oz gold eagle worth $800 (then) for fifty bucks! (1-oz Au Eagles are stamped with a $50 face value) Or any of the other variations of transacting bullion coins for face value, all of which lose about 90% of market value.


29 posted on 01/29/2008 1:57:53 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (We've checked, and all your zeroes are OK. We're still working on your ones.)
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To: george76
"I fought the law, and the law won..."
30 posted on 01/29/2008 1:58:37 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: george76

Thanks for the ping. More discussion here...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959074/posts


31 posted on 01/29/2008 2:04:07 PM PST by PGalt
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Maybe I missed the point of the story. I thought the employer was paying his employees. So if the employee was getting $800 a week, the employer would buy one Eagle($800), pay the employee, who would accept it, knowing it was worth $800.


32 posted on 01/29/2008 2:05:37 PM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: Goreknowshowtocheat
Yes. I think an attorney in LA just smoked the IRS.

Smoked?

LOL.

He beat the criminal charges. He still owes every penny of tax, penalty and interest. Plus whatever he paid to his criminal lawyers.

And, he'll probably be disbarred. He's a LAWYER (and an idiot.) Who ought to know better. Of course, this is Louisiana, so who knows.

33 posted on 01/29/2008 2:16:45 PM PST by AntiScumbag
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To: RobRoy

That entire piece is absolute and total BS.

Why do you post crap like that? Are you a tax-protester? Or just an idiot?


34 posted on 01/29/2008 2:19:21 PM PST by AntiScumbag
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To: AntiScumbag

>>That entire piece is absolute and total BS.

Why do you post crap like that? Are you a tax-protester? Or just an idiot?<<

No, just more into civilized discorse than you.

apparently...

Meanwhile, there’s more!

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44956

Interesting in different ways.

I also know of a pilot that won on a similar level a few years ago. She had claimed 99 deductions on her w2. Her case was simple: Show me where, in the code, it says my wages are taxable and I will gladly pay. They didn’t so she didn’t. They (the IRS) took her to court. She won.

The case is building...


35 posted on 01/29/2008 2:27:46 PM PST by RobRoy
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To: AntiScumbag

Actually, you seem to be the only one defending the IRS on this thread so far.


36 posted on 01/29/2008 2:28:10 PM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: AmericaUnited
The employer was paying $800/wk and giving the employee a $50 gold piece.

The employer and the employee were telling the IRS they were earning $50/wk. and paying taxes on $50/wk.

yitbos

37 posted on 01/29/2008 2:28:13 PM PST by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds. - Ayn Rand")
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To: AntiScumbag

Why do you hate us?


38 posted on 01/29/2008 2:28:33 PM PST by RobRoy
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To: Dead Corpse

My daughters best friend is really smart (book smart, that is). She became an IRS agent out of college a few years ago. She was fairly quickly promoted to a position where she is one of the ones that shows up at a business to enforce a search warrant and confiscation of records.

Intersting thing is that part of her training was done on a firing range. She wears a kevlar vest and carries a handgun to her “appointments”.


39 posted on 01/29/2008 2:31:23 PM PST by RobRoy
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To: george76

I thought the Snipes trial was about Darwin and monkeys, what’s up with that?


40 posted on 01/29/2008 2:31:44 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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