(OT) Bet you're gonna wish for the Fair Tax now...

.... cause if Blade doesn't have to pay his taxes, then damnit -
neither do I!!!

http://www.local6.com/news/15197476/detail.html

Snipes Acquitted Of Fraud, Found Guilty Of Failing To File Tax Returns
Actor Accused Of Tax Evasion

OCALA, Fla. -- A jury has acquitted Wesley Snipes of federal tax-fraud
and conspiracy charges, but convicted him of failing to file tax
returns.

Snipes could be sentenced to as much as three years in prison. He
originally faced a possible 16 years.

Snipes and two co-defendants -- a former accountant and a tax protest
leader -- were indicted in 2006. His co-defendants were convicted by
the same jury of tax fraud and conspiracy.

The star of the "Blade" films and "White Men Can't Jump" is among the
most famous targets of an IRS criminal investigation, and his
prosecution was key for the government. The actor used tax protest
arguments long rejected by courts but still continuing to find
adherents.

For example, Snipes said the IRS' own code meant no citizen had to pay
taxes on income earned in this country, and the agency had no legal
authority to collect wages anyway, because it is not a proper
government entity.

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