Well, there's no excuse for not paying taxes so he has to be punished (and pay the back taxes). However, I don't think he'll get 3 yrs. Our jails are already too crowded. The legal system should be finding alternative punishments for non-violent crimes.
Wealthy people like Snipes pay a ridiculous % in taxes, I don't blame him for not wanting to pay, he deserves more of his own $. Thats why we have to change our gov so its easier to cut spending than raise taxes.
Here in California, the governor announced yesterday that thousands of prisoners will have to be released early because we no longer have the money to house them.
This graphic says a lot about what's wrong with this country:
Kill a Black man - meaning he'll no longer be able to work and provide for his family - and get no jail time. His widow and any kids will now have to receive some form of welfare.
Spend $12 million to send another Black man to prison over an alleged $3 million tax debt. And while in prison, he won't be working and will be housed at taxpayer expense in an already overcrowded prison.
And all so that we can get bitter White folks riled up about how 'Black folk don't work'. Well, hell, if you insist on killing us and sending us to your prisons, how the hell can you expect us to be productive members of society?
I know I'm generally talking to Black people, but this time....
WAKE UP, WHITE AMERICA!