You've probably heard that Wesley Snipes received the maximum sentence for not paying his taxes--3 years based on 3 misdemeanor violations. His "advisors," tax fraud denialists with crackpot legal theories received 10 for conspiring to defraud the government of tax revenue:
Snipes' co-defendants in the case,Lake County anti-tax guru Eddie Ray Kahn, 64, and tax preparer Douglas P. Rosile, 59, face up to 10 years in prison. Both were convicted of conspiracy and tax fraud for their work with American Rights Litigators and Guiding Light of God Ministries, two Lake County-based "tax-fraud" mills.
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Krugman is is on fire today, as he has been for a while, this time talking about the tax cuts.
But, even he makes an essential error that all the democrats seem to be making.
I'm no fan of tax expenditures. I'm not even particularly fond of most tax deductions regardless of whether or not they're based on religion. Taxes should be about raising revenue, and a complex tax code just makes inserting more loopholes--as well as outright cheating--even more possible.
Julia Gillard has done a backflip and agreed to introduce a budget-neutral carbon tax after last year promising not
Yesterday, the President told Kansas: "if you vote Democrat, you're voting for a tax increase."
I guess this will kill any chance of Blade IV. Kidding.
On the other hand, I bet someone is dreaming up a Snipes prison movie right now...oh joy.