Wesley Snipes has just been sentenced to 3 years in jail. Thankfully, this means we probably won't have any more Blade sequels anytime soon. But, I've always liked Wesley and hate to see him get locked up.However, there is a much bigger issue here. He was exonerated on 5 of 8 counts including 2 felonies! According to the law and the jury he was only found guilty of the misdemeanor violations which usually gives probation and/or community service. But, the judge said he gave the maximum penalty for each count because he didn't want any other citizens to get the idea that they couldn't pay their taxes. They don't want the rest of us to get any ideas.
What happened to individual justice? Who wants to be used as an example? I thought justice was blind?
I guess Snipes' point was that the government must prove its case according to the founding documents that sit to the left of this post. Technically, he may be right. But, realistically we don't pay much attention to trivial things like the Constitution anymore. Legal or not it's just not worth the fight for most of us. We simply bow down, pay our taxes and get on with our lives We all know that the folks at the IRS are the last people we want breathing down our necks.
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Actually I don't care for Wesley Snipes because of the incident that happened between him and Cindy (But thats here nor there). To me this looks like a Taxation Without Representation case. I really respect Ron Paul for taking the Federal Government to the court on this issue. The Income Tax is a violation of the 16th Amendment. We should not have to pay the Income Taxes at all.
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In the defense of the American People and Tax Payers - Biggups to Welsey Snipes POWER TO THE PEOPLE...
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