On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:38:24 GMT, bill van <billvan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>In article <vqr214dpnlusrds8q8m9pv4cln43s1898o@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Guillermo el Gato <devnull@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> Wesley Snipes gets three years in prison for tax evasion:
>>
>>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/24/wesley-snipes-sentencing_n_98476.html
>>
>> "Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for failing to
>> file tax returns, the maximum penalty _ and a victory for prosecutors
>> who sought to make an example of the action star."
>>
>> Maybe he would have had more luck if he had donated more to the Bush
>> administration. I seem to recall stories of white tax evaders not
>> getting the slammer, are there other reasons why Snipes got hit so
>> hard? Being set as "an example" doesn't seem to quite cut it.
>
>It is perfectly possible he was used as an example. Celebrities
>sometimes are. The Huffington Post piece says he was the single
>highest-profile person to be taken to court for failing to file income
>tax returns. They say nothing about political connections or donations
>to the Bush administration (really, that would be the Bush campaign or
>the Repubs, not the administration, no?).
In my mind, it doesn't really matter who the check is written out to.
It's all there to sup****t and perpetuate the current regime.
No evidence is presented that
>it's political. Why assume it is?
I was just saying that if he had been more sup****tive of the current
regime, maybe he'd gotten off lighter. I guess it's not too late to
buy a pardon.
In the back of my mind, I also wonder if they would have chosen him to
be an example if he were white.
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