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Undertoad 01-14-2008 12:16 PM

Wesley Snipes in court today
 
...using the Radar defense.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/bu...1ba&ei=5087%0A

Quote:

From 1999 to 2004, the actor Wesley Snipes earned $38 million appearing in more than half a dozen movies, including two sequels to his popular vampire thriller “Blade.”

The taxes he paid in the same period? Zero.

But unlike other celebrities who find themselves on the wrong side of the Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Snipes has a flamboyant explanation: he argues that he is not actually required to pay taxes.

Mr. Snipes, who is scheduled to go on trial Monday in Ocala, Fla., has become an unlikely public face for the antitax movement, whose members maintain that Americans are not obligated to pay income taxes and that the government extracts taxes from its citizens illegally.

glatt 01-14-2008 12:17 PM

I predict jail time.

classicman 01-14-2008 02:43 PM

:corn: I agree wholeheartedly

lookout123 01-14-2008 03:47 PM

no, no, I'm sure Radar will show up there to argue his defense. Once radar points out to the federal government that they don't really have to power to collect the taxes I'm sure the IRS attorneys will turn red with embarrassment before they go back to their office and tell everyone to just close down the shop, they aren't needed anymore.

Aliantha 01-14-2008 04:16 PM

I think someone should give Wesley Radars number. Radar would be better than any lawyer who actually knows about the law.

lookout123 01-14-2008 04:18 PM

right up until he announces that he is free to kill the judge for infringing upon his freedoms by trying to enforce an unconstitutional law. the outcome of the trial might get a bit dicey then.

Aliantha 01-14-2008 04:26 PM

hmmmm...I see your point. Maybe better just leave it to the sensible people then.

binky 01-14-2008 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lookout123 (Post 424426)
right up until he announces that he is free to kill the judge for infringing upon his freedoms by trying to enforce an unconstitutional law. the outcome of the trial might get a bit dicey then.

:lol:

smoothmoniker 01-14-2008 06:10 PM

I don't see what the big deal is ... the courts have no right to even hear this case, since the plain interpretation of the constitution supersedes their right to decide legality in this issue.

Why did Mr. Snipes even show up? He should have just stayed home and cuddled up with a nice warm cup of Smug.

Undertoad 01-14-2008 06:18 PM

The Smoking Gun is on the case

Quote:

A typically loony (and illuminating) Snipes document, which can be found here, was filed by the celebrity with Florida's Orange County comptroller. While it's unclear what the purpose was of Snipes's three-page June 2005 legal notice, the document's nuttiness is plainly evident. A fingerprint, DNA information, a blood sample, and references to Snipes's "lifebirth origin" are just some of the document's highlights. Oh, and there's a mention of the actor's nine-digit "global-tracking number." Since this seems to be a reference to his social security number, we've fogged out those digits.

classicman 01-14-2008 07:14 PM

eh hem - maybe Radar really is Wesley or one of his advisers.

tw 01-14-2008 07:53 PM

When making $tens of millions, is there a financial manager who takes care of all this? Or did Snipes not have one?

Undertoad 01-14-2008 08:38 PM

At one point I had heard that he was apparently advised by somebody who took to Radar's school of thought on taxation. But you can't get to where he is without being a true believer as well.

busterb 01-14-2008 09:15 PM

I know, knew? Welders who tried that shit. Lost their homes and wages for years. Wishful thinking, Yes?

deadbeater 01-15-2008 07:59 PM

Now Snipes is using the 'I didn't know that my partner in crime is nuts' defense.

At work one day, I saw a woman with a child and heavy in credit card debt. She was thinking of doing a similar tax evasion scheme that Snipes was using. With a help of a few web sites, I persuaded her not to try.


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