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Comedian-turned-candidate Franken to pay $70K in back taxes
AP via SFGate ^
| 4/29/8
| PATRICK CONDON, Associated Press Writer
Posted on 04/29/2008 2:54:13 PM PDT by SmithL
Senate candidate Al Franken says he will pay about $70,000 in back income taxes in 17 states going back to 2003.
The Minnesota Democrat has been under attack by Republicans for failing to file tax returns in California for several years when the comedian-turned-candidate earned money there.
Franken tells The Associated Press he never intended to avoid paying taxes.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corrptdems; erramerica; franken; liberals; mn2008; taxevasion
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posted on
04/29/2008 2:54:13 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Wesley Snipes says Al can have the upper bunk.
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posted on
04/29/2008 2:57:14 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: SmithL
Ouch! In 17 states? Man, I live in just one and I paid my taxes this year.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
04/29/2008 2:58:23 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SmithL
This is the only funny al franken joke I’ve ever heard!
To: SmithL
and his Jaguar just got impounded for $900 worth of tickets...not a good day for Al - good, however, for everyone else
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:03:08 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
(Typical Gun-Toting, Jesus-Loving Gramma)
To: SmithL
in 17 states going back to 2003. Serial tax evader? How enlightened and progressive this so called comedian.
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:03:38 PM PDT
by
A message
To: count-your-change
Wesley must be royally PO’ed. Watch for the race card to be slapped down on the table. Again.
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:06:35 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
To: SmithL
Only little people pay taxes.
To: A message
As my Dad told me 40 yrs ago....
A Democrat is somebody who wants to give your taxes to the poor and take credit for being generous.
To: NonValueAdded
Remember the jail scene in Something About Mary? Al and Wes sitting in a tree...
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:14:17 PM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Dog breath? I don't think so.)
To: NonValueAdded
Wesley must be royally POed.Did Wesley agree to pay any of the taxes for these years he didn't file returns?
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:15:22 PM PDT
by
Doe Eyes
To: SmithL
Franken could not competently manage an ice cream stand for 15 minutes.
He is the least qualified (on any human measure) individual for the US Senate in American history.
He is also an assaultive, menacing, violent, paranoid psychopath.
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:21:23 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
To: maine-iac7
Is that true about his Jaguar??
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:26:19 PM PDT
by
roses of sharon
( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
To: SmithL
Leona Hemsley is laughing her @$$ off at this....
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:28:00 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: SmithL
The Minnesota Democrat has been under attack by Republicans for failing to file tax returns in California for several years when the comedian-turned-candidate earned money there.
But if elected (God help us), Franken will vote to raise your taxes and paint anyone who doesn't want their hard earned money diverted to a liberal cause as selfish. And he won't see the hypocrisy.
Liberalism is a sickness.
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:28:58 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
("Anyone whose tax bill goes up feels like it's an increase." - Mass. Governor Deval Patrick, 2/28/07)
To: SmithL
"A man for himself"
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:38:50 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
To: FormerACLUmember
I forget who that was, but if he were in my face at that level, I’d have had a hard time not taking him out.
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:42:10 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(<===Non-bitter, Gun-totin', Typical White American)
To: SmithL
what ever happened to that kids charity Error America bilked out of $800k ?
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:45:17 PM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(Conservatives are to McCain what Charlie Brown is to Lucy.)
To: FreedomPoster
“if he were in my face at that level”
When he’s that close, first snatch those Coke-bottle specs off his ugly face, then have at it while he flails blindly.
Me, I’d have both a Tazer AND a digital cam ready to deploy.
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posted on
04/29/2008 4:20:12 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
(My cartridges are dipped in pig grease.)
To: FormerACLUmember
I’d love for him to put his finger in my face like that.
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posted on
04/29/2008 4:57:04 PM PDT
by
Uncle Ivan
(I'm still with Fred)
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