The Man vs. Wesley Snipes

[cupcakelove]

I saw earlier today that Snipes was being accused of dodging something like 12 mil in taxes, and now CNN is reporting that a warrant has been issued for his arrest.&nbsp; Is guilty, or is this a case of the man keeping him down?&nbsp; The story says he went 6 years without paying taxes, I skipped my taxes one year when I was in college, and the next year I heard about it, and in the end they owed me money, so I would say this is just a case of delayed justice.<br />

[foodcourtdruide]

<strong>cupcakelove</strong> wrote:<br />I saw earlier today that Snipes was being accused of dodging something like 12 mil in taxes, and now CNN is reporting that a warrant has been issued for his arrest.&nbsp; Is guilty, or is this a case of the man keeping him down?&nbsp; The story says he went 6 years without paying taxes, I skipped my taxes one year when I was in college, and the next year I heard about it, and in the end they owed me money, so I would say this is just a case of delayed justice.<br /><p>He gave America Demolition Man!</p>

[MadMatt]

<p><font size="2">Apparently he also treid to &quot;double dip&quot; refunds.&nbsp; Per the article I read:</font></p><blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"><p>Federal prosecutors in Tampa said Snipes fraudulently claimed refunds in 1996 and 1997 on taxes already paid, and then failed to file returns from 1999 and 2004. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 16 years in prison.</p>[/quote]<p><font size="2">Here is the link to the </font><a href="http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/index.jsp?cat=ENTERTAINMENT&fn=/2006/10/17/500807.html&cvqh=itn_snipes" target="_blank"><font size="2">full article</font></a><font size="2">.&nbsp; I'm sure there are better articles out there, but this one was on my homepage and easy to find.</font>&nbsp; </p>

[torker]

<p>Wesley got to pay those black taxes.</p><p><em>S.N</em>. ~ Jim Norton </p>

[FUNKMAN]

white men can't jump but they can certainly make you pay those fucking taxes...

[Fallon]

<p>Coming soon..</p><p>Prisoner 57</p><p>Gi Gi Gi!&nbsp;</p>

[torker]

<p><strong><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="4">To W2 I Owe You Nothing, Wesley Snipes</font></strong></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img height="100" src="http://www.aboutgaymovies.info/images/tn_to_wong_foo_1.jpg" width="67" border="0" /></p><p>Is that Kool Aid lipstick cherry flavored?</p><p><em>Gi Gi Gi GI Gi</em></p>

[Recyclerz]

<p><font size="2">I told him not to borrow Willie Nelson's copy of Turbo tax!</font></p>

[PapaBear]

CNN is reporting that a warrant has been issued for his arrest.&nbsp; <p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anybody up for a Snipes hunt?</p><p><img height="320" src="http://www.sover.net/~patches1/Patch.images/Spipe%20Hunting.jpg" width="480" border="0" /></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by PapaBear on 10-18-06 @ 12:28 AM</span>

[Reephdweller]

<p>Hollywood star Wesley Snipes was charged Tuesday with failing to pay taxes and conspiracy in an indictment that could put the versatile actor and producer behind bars for more than 40 years. </p><p>Now it's 40 years...damn the man.</p>

[A.J.]

<p>It's not his fault.&nbsp; He was sick with Jungle Fever.</p>

[Contra]

Not for nothing, but does HE really take care of his own taxes? I would have figured he had people doing that.

[torker]

<span class="storytext"> <h4 id="feature_abclogo"><img src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/site/story/byline_theassociatedpress.gif" border="0" width="107" height="20" /></h4><strong><p>Dec. 8, 2006 &mdash;&nbsp;Wesley Snipes surrendered to authorities Friday on tax fraud charges, two months after he was indicted, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. </p></strong><p>Snipes flew into an Orlando airport on a private jet and voluntarily surrendered, said the official, who confirmed the arrest on the condition of anonymity because it hadn't been announced publicly.</p></span>

[K.C.]

<p>This is simply a case of:</p><p><img src="http://www.musicomh.com/anidifranco/ani-difranco.jpg" border="0" alt="http://www.musicomh.com/anidifranco/ani-difranco.jpg" title="http://www.musicomh.com/anidifranco/ani-difranco.jpg" width="250" height="250" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Go O.J., GO!!!!!!!!!!.........wait...which one is this... Go Wesley, GO!</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by K.C. on 12-8-06 @ 4:53 PM</span>

[SatCam]

This guy thought he was riding the Money Train all the way home

[Marc with a c]

why doesn't he just write it off.

[Reephdweller]

<p>Poor Wesley...</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLTw42b9HSA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLTw42b9HSA</a></p>

[underdog]

Snipes get 3 years (http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/24/snipes.sentencing/index.html)

[pennington]

The prosecutors sound like Don King:
"For nearly a decade, Snipes has engaged in a campaign of criminal tax conduct combining brazen defiance with insidious concealment," the prosecutors say.

For a while wasn't Snipes using the argument that he didn't pay because income taxes are illegal? That's hasn't worked yet with the IRS or the courts.

[torker]

MIAMI | Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:40pm EST

(Reuters) - Actor Wesley Snipes was ordered on Friday to start serving a three-year prison sentence for failing to file income tax returns by a federal judge who rejected the Hollywood star's bid for a new trial. (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AI42J20101119)

[KnoxHarrington]

The prosecutors sound like Don King:


For a while wasn't Snipes using the argument that he didn't pay because income taxes are illegal? That's hasn't worked yet with the IRS or the courts.

The argument I've heard there is that since the law says the income tax is "voluntary", that means that you don't have to pay it.

Uh, no. It means that the IRS lets you bring the money to them instead of them coming to get it.

[pennington]

The argument I've heard there is that since the law says the income tax is "voluntary", that means that you don't have to pay it.

Uh, no. It means that the IRS lets you bring the money to them instead of them coming to get it.

It's the people who argue that income taxes are unconstitutional, due to they're not being apportioned, that amuse me. If you tell them the 16th Amendment to the Constitution makes it (by definition) constitutional and specifically states it's without apportionment, they look at you like you're the one who just doesn't understand.

16th Amendment: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

[Barnaby Jones]

It seems pointless to jail him or anyone over this! Just fine him and make him pay what he owes over time!

[PapaBear]

It seems pointless to jail him or anyone over this! Just fine him and make him pay what he owes over time!
Deterrent. I used to be a law breaker. A little bit of jail cured me of that.

[sailor]

Deterrent. I used to be a law breaker. A little bit of jail cured me of that.

exactly, and showing the willingness to lock up someone high profile like this will get a lot of smaller fish to pay as well.

[Barnaby Jones]

Why would that be a deterrent over forcing him to pay the millions that he owes plus extra? It's just a waste of time and money on an already overtaxed prison system! Quit wasting our resources on white collar criminals!

[Judge Smails]

Whenever playing with the IRS, I always bet on black . . . and white prison garb.

[sailor]

Why would that be a deterrent over forcing him to pay the millions that he owes plus extra? It's just a waste of time and money on an already overtaxed prison system! Quit wasting our resources on white collar criminals!

You're a silly person for even pretending that's more of a deterrent.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Deterrent. I used to be a law breaker. A little bit of jail cured me of that.

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/2454/judaspriestbreakingthel.jpg

[Barnaby Jones]

You're a silly person for even pretending that's more of a deterrent.

Yeah, right! You're a silly rube if you think prison is any kind of serious deterrent for anything in this country!

[fezident]

Taxes shmaxes. Send his ass to jail for making Blade: Trinity.

[KEITHJAY]

poor wesley
http://www.wwtdd.com/

[Fugitive]

This nonsense about the un-Constitutionality of paying income tax has been kicking around as long as I can remember. In the '70's, a lot of night-time AM radio would be taken over by nuts who espoused this, and they were also frequent callers on talk shows back then. Some of their arguments focus on the idea that the money issued now is not "real" money. and therefore not taxable.

In the old days, the IRS used to ignore some of the more vocal nuts and then just go in and confiscate everything in their estate after they died.

It's hard to believe Snipes was so stupid to get involved with all this, but then again, he's just a guy who recites lines somebody wrote down on paper. Whether he can actually analyze an argument or engage in logical thinking--or just look around and use common sense to figure out what society will accept and what it won't--we just don't know. From this example, it looks like he can't.

[Marc with a c]

Whenever playing with the IRS, I always bet on black . . . and white prison garb.

i opened this thread just to make sure i made a "always bet on black" joke. shame on my 2006 self.