What a messed up country.
1 posted on
01/25/2005 7:21:10 PM PST by
ijcr
To: ijcr
Well, they did get Al Capone on tax evasion in the end, after all.
2 posted on
01/25/2005 7:23:31 PM PST by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: ijcr
"No, he would have to prove that he needed the car to transport the drugs and I hardly think he would transport them in a Ferrari." I beg to differ, Mr De Lange, most drug dealers transport in Ferraris! Everyone knows that!
3 posted on
01/25/2005 7:27:38 PM PST by
no more apples
(my give-a-damn's busted)
To: ijcr
Are you sure about the URL? This sounds more like www.scrappleface.com.
To: ijcr
Mr. Bumble was right, the law is an ass!
5 posted on
01/25/2005 7:29:54 PM PST by
quidnunc
(Omnis Gaul delenda est)
To: knighthawk; aculeus; general_re; BlueLancer; Poohbah; Happygal; Travis McGee; Joe Brower; ...
However, Mr De Lange scoffed at the hypothetical example of a drugs dealer claiming his Ferrari against the proceeds of his crimes."No, he would have to prove that he needed the car to transport the drugs and I hardly think he would transport them in a Ferrari."
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Leaving aside the decision as a whole, which appears worthy of our 9th Circuit, isn't £1,400 rather pricey for a bank-robber's pistol?
6 posted on
01/25/2005 7:31:42 PM PST by
dighton
To: AnnaZ; HangFire
Truth is stranger than fiction ping....Anna, you will love this logic.
"You can compare criminal acts to normal business activities, where you must invest to make profits, and thus you have costs."
8 posted on
01/25/2005 7:36:25 PM PST by
Feiny
(Gap-Toothed, Missing Link Troglodytes Delighted by Presidential Election Outcome)
To: ijcr; David Hunter; MadIvan; MeekOneGOP
Of course you know what would happen if a shop owner tried to take that deduction.
13 posted on
01/25/2005 7:43:27 PM PST by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: ijcr; MadIvan
14 posted on
01/25/2005 7:43:55 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: ijcr
So if, as a drug dealer, you need to kill your rivals, you can now deduct your "hit man" expenses. Is this a great country, or what?
17 posted on
01/25/2005 7:54:36 PM PST by
John Thornton
("Appeasers always hope that the crocodile will eat them last." Winston Churchill)
To: ijcr
I'd believe anything that happens on main land Europe.
Wouldn't happen in Ireland, mind you.
20 posted on
01/25/2005 8:00:14 PM PST by
Happygal
(liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
To: ijcr
A bank robber has been allowed to claim the £1,400 cost of the gun he used as a legitimate business expense. 1. You gotta be kidding me?
2. About $2800 American for a gun? (Assuming it's 1400 pounds) And used in a crime????
If I was going to spend that much, I'd save a little more and get the Barrett .50 BMG.
22 posted on
01/25/2005 8:07:03 PM PST by
Dan from Michigan
("We clearly screwed up on the communications," Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick - after caught in a lie.)
To: ijcr
I would wonder, "What planet am I on?"
27 posted on
01/25/2005 9:04:12 PM PST by
MoochPooch
(A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
To: ijcr
Yea, but shouldn't the robber amortize the cost of the gun over its useful life? He shouldn't be able to expense it the first year when he could still be robbing with it decades from now.
To: Shermy; Yehuda; Billthedrill; bjcintennessee; nmh; 4Freedom; Phillip Augustus; valkyrieanne; ...
32 posted on
01/26/2005 9:32:56 AM PST by
knighthawk
(We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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