Wesley Snipes in court today

Undertoad · 01-14-2008, 12:16 PM

...using the Radar defense.

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

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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

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

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Originally Posted by lookout123

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.

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

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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.

01-14-2008, 02:43 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I agree wholeheartedly __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-14-2008, 03:47 PM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	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. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

01-14-2008, 04:16 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I think someone should give Wesley Radars number. Radar would be better than any lawyer who actually knows about the law. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-14-2008, 04:18 PM	#6
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	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. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

01-14-2008, 04:26 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	hmmmm...I see your point. Maybe better just leave it to the sensible people then. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-14-2008, 12:17 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I predict jail time.

01-14-2008, 06:10 PM	#9
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	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. __________________ to live and die in LA

01-14-2008, 07:14 PM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	eh hem - maybe Radar really is Wesley or one of his advisers. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-14-2008, 07:53 PM	#12
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	When making $tens of millions, is there a financial manager who takes care of all this? Or did Snipes not have one?

01-14-2008, 08:38 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	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.

01-14-2008, 09:15 PM	#14
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I know, knew? Welders who tried that shit. Lost their homes and wages for years. Wishful thinking, Yes? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

01-15-2008, 07:59 PM	#15
deadbeater Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 439	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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