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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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