[lonestar]

This is the candidate that the Democrat "machine" is supporting. That figures!

[ken5050]

David Dinkins...when he was running for Mayor...it was revealed in the NY POst that while he had served two terms as City Clerk....he hadn't paid his taxes for 4-5 years..didn't make a difference....he still won..

[Bigg Red]

Gee, I never heard of the guy. How did I know it was a 'Rat?

[gunnedah]

This shouldnt surprise anyone. Congress is loaded with these type crooks.

[snakebitevoter]

"It was discovered last week that records within the Jasper County Courthouse indicate that Ratcliff owes just over $86,000 in back taxes to the IRS. In fact, he has owed the money for several years but has continued to receive extensions from the IRS. Most of the taxes stem from a time in 1990 when he failed to pay his taxes at the end of the year."

Not bad. The bugger's still beating the system. Maybe he should raise his sights and run for the Senate. I might support him.

[Henrietta]

Ratcliff owes just over $86,000 in back taxes to the IRS.

This attitude is far from atypical among District Attorneys. There are two sets of rules: one for cops and DA's, and another for the peons against whom they trump up charges and harass.

[mombonn]

"Now, I could not have ran for this race, . . . I could have set in my office and handle my little cases, . . .

Obviously a product of the public skool systim.

Ratcliff admits he still owes taxes to the Federal Government but said Wednesday that he does not think it should be an issue . . .

I think it speaks to the matter of character, Mr. Ratcliff. Oh, wait, that doesn't matter - you're a democrat.

[Dave S]

Whats your beef, he filed his returns. He has a payment plan with the IRS that allows him to pay the taxes off over time (very common). The IRS doesnt seem to be upset and if he was screwing them, they would be.

You dont know how this tax lien was created. Perhaps he was forced to pay capital gains on property that he was selling as part of a divorce settlement or whatever. Or he could be like the people in the high tech industry that got paid in stock options. The value of these for tax purposes is based on the stock price when the shares were issued, not when they can be sold. With the high tech sell off there were many paper millionaires that found their shares were worthless but they owned hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes on money they had never received.

Before you attack someone for not being up to date on their taxes, why dont you atleast be responsible for writing checks for estimated tax payments of 20,000 per quarter. Remember this is on top of your withholding.