and the RATS, take another one in the..................HA ha!!!
Posted on 04/29/2008 4:35:09 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Franken owes $70,000 in back taxes in 17 states
By PATRICIA LOPEZ, Star Tribune
April 29, 2008
DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken, frontrunner in the race to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, owes $70,000 in back taxes in 17 states, where he earned income going back to 2003.
Franken on Tuesday told the Associated Press that he never intended to avoid paying taxes and that on the advice of his accountant, had paid taxes to the city and state where he lived.
Franken has been under fire since early March, when a Republican operative revealed that Franken had failed to pay workers' compensation and disability premiums for employees of his New York-based corporation, Alan Franken, Inc., between 2002 and 2005.
New York state officials had tried to collect the back premiums for four years, resorting to a collection agency and even filing a summary judgment against Franken in state Supreme Court last May for $25,000.
Franken said he was unaware of the state's numerous attempts to contact him and finally was forced to acknowledge his error and make restitution earlier this month.
Last week, Franken was found to owe the state of California $4,740 for his failure to file corporate tax returns between 2003 and 2007.
Franken's campaign staff initially said Franken had dissolved the California entity in 2003, producing an unsigned letter on blank paper, dated September, 2003, in which a tax accountant said the company would "no longer be doing business in California."
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
Hey, if this were Massatoochetts and his name were Kennedy they’d be building him a statue.
Franken and Air America stole money intended for poor children and now it turns out he had refused to file or pay taxes for multiple years. Air America also lied to and cheated many of their creditors. I would love to see the FEC and the FBI investigate this guy. There’s probably enough to send him to jail for many years.
I’m sure his platform includes “taxing the rich”.
Here’s a link to more info on Franken and Air America.
http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2005/07/federal-funds-diverted-to-air-america.html
So who blew the whistle?
If Franken were a Republican, the media would be calling for him to end his campaign.
Well he is down in the polls but his republican opponent is not a conservative so maybe Rush will take up for Al and help him out. The only think Franken ever got right is the title of his book.
Coleman’s reelection is safe.
That’s a given.
Snipes Syndrome
Did you join this forum just to bash Rush?
Yup, any chance I get after he gave us POTUS Hillary Clinton. He’s dead in my eyes.
“When people talk about the right wing noise machine, that’s what it is,” said Franken spokesman Andy Barr.
LOL!!! still a B-level comedian
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.