For which I would be inclined to give him some slack. Because Beck is in favor of making the taxes simpler and smaller. While those he criticizes for not paying their taxes are all for making it more larger and more far reaching. And in some cases are bald face liars about it.
Common decency would suggest the following guide lines for criticism:
1) If you are a bald face tax cheat...you are open to criticism no matter what your position.
2) If you are promoting a more complex and far reaching tax system, then you are open to criticism if you mess up on your taxes because the system is already so complex.
3) If you are critic of the overtly complex tax system, its hardly fair game to criticize you if you mess up your taxes because of that complexity.
Isn’t Politico so cute ??
So if cops are breaking the law, I can’t say anything because I have received speeding tickets?
Considering that the IRS cannot even give consistently correct answers on their help line it is no wonder that some people have tax return problems.
NON story. Accounting stuff. They better get their act together before Beck fires them.
I want you all to consider a few things. The tax code is some of the most convoluted and complicated codes the government has ever created. That is not an accident.
Tax missteps, miscalucations, and simply ignorance in some instances makes just about all of us tax criminals at some point in time.
“Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We *want* them broken. You’d better get it straight That it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against– then you’ll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We’re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you’d better get wise to it. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Rearden, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”
— Ayn Rand, _Atlas Shrugged , Ch. III, “White Blackmail”
Obvious.... but Amazing!
Amazing—the millions who, for whatever reason, support and worship obama.
Amazing—the millions who, for whatever reason, support and worship beck.
Strange planet.
I like Beck and trust him too.