wesely snipes wanted for tax evasion

[240 is Back]

BB, I agree completely - I also do not believe in punishing success.

However, sometimes there will be cuts which will only help the already rich, at the expense of the middle class.

Clinton was on TV today, saying that while he really appreciates the Bush tax cuts on the rich, as he is a millionaire, cutting the money available for college students wasn't the right thing to do.

[Mr. Intenseone]

BB, I agree completely - I also do not believe in punishing success.

However, sometimes there will be cuts which will only help the already rich, at the expense of the middle class.

Clinton was on TV today, saying that while he really appreciates the Bush tax cuts on the rich, as he is a millionaire, cutting the money available for college students wasn't the right thing to do.

And Bushs economy has grown the fastest in years because of his tax cuts, but the Democrats said point blank (Charles Rangel specifically) that if they won the house they would repeal ALL of Bushs tax cuts!

[youandme]

Clinton was on TV today, saying that while he really appreciates the Bush tax cuts on the rich, as he is a millionaire, cutting the money available for college students wasn't the right thing to do.

240, I agree. No breaks for the middle class! I can't believe how much Bush has screwed up the education system in America, it is now cheaper to put your college on a shitty credit card...hello China

[240 is Back]

The economy has grown - but only for a select few.  The rich have gotten richer, in other words.  The DOW is at an alltime high, but poverty rate continues to rise, as does the number of Americans without health insurance.

The small handful of millionaire househods in the USA (.2 of one percent) will receive total tax cuts far larger than those received by the entire middle 20 percent of households. 

What is more important - giving a nice pile of money to 1/500th of the total American households, or using that cash to secure social security/our broken healthcare system?

Short term, give the $ away!  Long term, our children are fucked.  Period.  There's gonna be a collapse and it won't be pretty.  Picture everyone in American finding out one morning that social security is being restructured and we're all getting a flat rate lol... gonna be some ticked off rich people.

[JasonH]

Hasn't Wesley Snipes gone AWOL? I heard he hasn't been seen in quite a few days since this story broke.

[pumpster]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Actor Wesley Snipes, indicted by U.S. authorities for tax fraud this week, is filming a movie in the African country of Namibia which has no extradition treaty with Washington, officials said on Friday.

"It is confirmed. He is definitely here," Edwin Kanguatjivi, chief executive officer of the Namibia Film Commission, said by telephone. "He has been in Namibia since the end of August."

Snipes, the star of the "Blade" movie series, is the lead actor in a new movie entitled "Gallowwalker" filming in the Namibian desert near the town of Swakopmund -- the same coastal resort where Hollywood superstars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had their first child in May.

Production officials reached at the film set on Friday declined to comment.
 
U.S. officials in Tampa, Florida, issued a warrant for Snipes' arrest on an indictment that alleges the 44-year-old actor illegally claimed tax refunds of almost $12 million.

Snipes, who has appeared in more than three dozen movies including "Jungle Fever," "White Men Can't Jump," "Rising Sun" and "U.S. Marshals," could face 16 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

The indictment alleges that Snipes failed to file federal income tax returns from 1999 through 2004 and conspired with two accomplices to file two amended returns for Snipes for 1996 and 1997, fraudulently claiming tax refunds of almost $12 million.

Namibia has no extradition treaty with the United States, a situation spotlighted last month when fugitive U.S. software millionaire Jacob "Kobi" Alexander was discovered to be living in the southwest African country.

U.S. officials said despite the lack of a formal treaty they were nevertheless preparing to ask Namibia for the extradition of Alexander, the former chief and founder of Comverse Technology Inc who is wanted in the United States on charges of manipulating stock options.

[Dos Equis]

He came back.   

Wesley Snipes arrested in Orlando
POSTED: 11:44 a.m. EST, December 8, 2006

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- Wesley Snipes surrendered to authorities Friday on tax fraud charges, two months after he was indicted, said federal officials and a publicist for his new film.

Snipes flew on a private jet from Namibia, where he is filming "Gallow Walker," to an Orlando airport to turn himself in, said Ian Thompson, a spokesman for Sheer Films, which is producing the movie. U.S. Attorney's spokesman Steve Cole in Tampa confirmed the arrest.

After a morning appearance in federal court in Ocala, Snipes planned to return to Africa to finish the movie, Thompson said from his London office.

Snipes was charged in October with fraudulently claiming refunds totaling nearly $12 million in 1996 and 1997 on income taxes already paid. The star of the "Blade" trilogy and other films was also charged with failure to file returns from 1999 through 2004.

According to the indictment, Snipes had his taxes prepared by accountants with a history of filing false returns to reap payments for their clients. The firm, American Rights Litigators, would receive 20 percent of refunds from clients, according to the indictment.

The 44-year-old actor has said he is a scapegoat and was unfairly targeted by prosecutors. If convicted, he faces up to 16 years in prison.

"Gallow Walker," a cowboy picture, will be completed next week and released sometime next fall, Thompson said. Snipes' arrest wasn't expected to delay the film, he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/08/people.wesleysnipes.ap/index.html

[Camel Jockey]

They should shove a pitch fork up his ass.

[bigkid]

Thank God for the rich.  If you look at the amount of money they pay in taxes; they fund this entire country.  The middle Class is shrinkng because our economy is changing.  Changing as a result of things beyond our control.  We're not the manufacturing giant we used to be.

[dkf360]

Thank God for the rich.  If you look at the amount of money they pay in taxes; they fund this entire country.  The middle Class is shrinkng because our economy is changing.  Changing as a result of things beyond our control.  We're not the manufacturing giant we used to be.

Please enlighten me.  Where did you get this information?

[bigkid]

Please enlighten me.  Where did you get this information?

http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=6    Top 5% of earners pay over 50% of our federal taxes.

[americanbulldog]

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/15783674.htm

I hope he fights Joe Rogan in the UFC.