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SoCal anti-tax crusader sentenced to 27 months in prison
AP on Bakersfield Californian ^
| 4/4/06
| AP
Posted on 04/04/2006 10:34:37 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Don't try this at home, folks.
To: NormsRevenge
End the madness...pass the FairTax!
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:36:36 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(www.usbordersecurity.org)
To: NormsRevenge
Well, thank God he didn't rape young boys for a decade.
He would have walked.
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:38:29 AM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: NormsRevenge
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Brown said she believes the sentence was "wholly appropriate" and would deter others from considering anti-tax protests. Let's see.....you can come to this country illegally and you have a "right" to protest and a right to demand full rights of citizenship. If you are a citizen though, you can be jailed for protesting our "voluntary" tax system.
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:39:06 AM PDT
by
jess35
To: NormsRevenge
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Brown said she believes the sentence was "wholly appropriate" and would deter others from considering anti-tax protests.
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So...if I read this correctly, simply considering a protest against tax laws can get you 27 months in the slam???? |
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:41:47 AM PDT
by
Fintan
(Did you really think I could post such insightful replies if I actually read the article???)
To: bill1952
Well, thank God he didn't rape young boys for a decade. He would have walked.
In the case of Michael Jackson, he moon walked.
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:41:52 AM PDT
by
peyton randolph
(As long is it does me no harm, I don't care if one worships Elmer Fudd.)
To: NormsRevenge
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Brown said she believes the sentence was "wholly appropriate" and would deter others from considering anti-tax protests. Then Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Brown is an authoritarian idiot who should be removed from her position of public trust. Conducting anti-tax protests is absolutely protected by the US Constitution. But she has inadvertently revealed the ugly truth behind the actions of the government, namely that it is their stated intent to suppress the rights of citizens to conduct anti-tax protests through the chilling effect of such prosecutions. If this guy committed fraud, then prosecute the fraud. Don't prosecute the non-crime of protesting taxes.
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:53:00 AM PDT
by
Zeppo
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:53:02 AM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(I grew up in a slum, when I got to college it had become a "ghetto".)
To: b4its2late; Recovering_Democrat; Alissa; Pan_Yans Wife; LADY J; mathluv; browardchad; cardinal4; ...
I'm pinging this article, since Rush discussed the concept of a tax revolt several weeks ago.
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:57:21 AM PDT
by
Born Conservative
(Chronic Positivity - http://jsher.livejournal.com/)
To: Zeppo
He refused to pay taxes. That is illegal. He broke the law. Off to jail with him.
A protester can protest all he wants as long as the law isn't broken.
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:57:41 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: AppyPappy
You clearly agree with the sentiments that I expressed.
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:00:46 AM PDT
by
Zeppo
To: EternalVigilance
The FairTax would work well in getting illegal immigrants to keep some of the money they make here in the US. They would pay a consumption tax, plus, since they are illegal/unregistered, would not get the monthly "prebate" that citizens would get which covers basic necessities.
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:03:12 AM PDT
by
Born Conservative
(Chronic Positivity - http://jsher.livejournal.com/)
To: Born Conservative
To: Fintan
"So...if I read this correctly, simply considering a protest against tax laws can get you 27 months in the slam???? " I don't think so. He admitted tax fraud.
To: Zeppo
Then Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Brown is an authoritarian idiot who should be removed from her position of public trust. Conducting anti-tax protests is absolutely protected by the US Constitution. But she has inadvertently revealed the ugly truth behind the actions of the government, namely that it is their stated intent to suppress the rights of citizens to conduct anti-tax protests through the chilling effect of such prosecutions. If this guy committed fraud, then prosecute the fraud. Don't prosecute the non-crime of protesting taxes.The crime he was convicted of, according to the article, involved much more than just "protesting" taxes: "Jesson pleaded guilty last June to filing a false federal tax form in May 2000. He had stated that his Huntington Beach company, No Time Delay Electronics, paid no wages in 1997 when he actually paid wages of $177,083 that year to himself and $273,236 to his wife. He also admitted to falsely obtaining a business tax refund of $215,454."
To: NormsRevenge
Man this guy is a kook. He ran for governor in 2002 and got to be on the stage for a couple of Republican debates. What a nut.
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:26:17 AM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: NormsRevenge
How many illegal aliens do the same thing and know one cares?
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:26:29 AM PDT
by
Jimbaugh
(Fear the Base !!!)
To: NormsRevenge
If only there were a few million more like him.
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:29:09 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:45:59 AM PDT
by
PAR35
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