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Re:Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them by beat on Saturday November 26, 2016 @09:55AM (#13043778)
If you had millions (much less trillions) in income to stash overseas, you wouldn't go to jail for it, even if it was flagrantly illegal. People don't go to jail for white-collar crime, generally.

If you want to go to jail, try shoplifting.

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Re:Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them by alphabettsy on Saturday November 26, 2016 @10:35AM (#13044040)
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/08/wesley-snipes-r...
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Re:Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them by esrauch on Saturday November 26, 2016 @01:08PM (#13045013)
A rich celebrity who paid zero taxes only getting 2 years seems to be confirming that white collar crime is largely unpunished, not a counterexample.
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Re:Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them by nitwit005 on Saturday November 26, 2016 @03:22PM (#13045650)
If he'd paid a fine after they caught him, he wouldn't have gone to jail. He very openly refused to pay. He effectively went to jail for refusing to pay a fine.
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Re:Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them by cheez on Saturday November 26, 2016 @10:43AM (#13044111)
Black guy. Different thing. I've noticed that many of the scapegoats for the flash crash, and other similar things are not white.
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Re:Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them by MustardTiger on Saturday November 26, 2016 @12:11PM (#13044659)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
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Re:Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them by cheez on Sunday November 27, 2016 @02:03PM (#13050735)
I think you're actually right. I looked up some stats.
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