Mr. Snipes Goes to Jail

The nation, indeed the world, is all a buzz over the conviction and now three year prison sentence that actor Wesley Snipes received yesterday. I have a serious problem with this verdict and sentence and so should you.

First of all, Mr. Snipes was convicted by a jury. A jury of 12 Americans most of whom I am sure do not like paying their income taxes. Most of whom, I am sure, wish there was a way for them NOT to pay their income taxes and get away with it.

Yet these same people convicted Mr. Snipes of doing what they wish they could do. Now I am not advocating breaking the law but you have to ask yourself, how legal is the whole income tax system? Does not the IRS say filing is “voluntary”? If it is voluntary then why is Mr. Snipes guilty of not filing a return for three years?

Seems to me he volunteered not to file. Or has the IRS rewritten the definition of “voluntary” so that ordinary Americans do not know what it really means. I think that is the case since Mr. Snipes was said to have “willfully not filed” under a system that says it is only voluntary to file. Which is it? Are we compelled to file or do we really have the right to file only if we volunteer to do so?

Also, this is a full onslaught on race and wealth. Yes, Mr. Snipes is a high profile case in that he is rich, he is well known, he is black. All three play a part in this.

First understand that the black middle and upper class is growing leaps and bounds. Blacks are fast becoming a group that contributes greatly to the tax base of this nation and thus can start to think for themselves. They no longer are under the thumb of the US Government as wards of the state via welfare and other social programs.

This means that blacks must learn they still have their place and cannot be allowed to challenge the US Government in any regard.

Most people who do not file a tax return for three years would get a slap on the wrist, pay hefty penalties for any past due taxes and be on their merry little way. Mr. Snipes was a target and the Prosecution even said point blank they wanted to make an example of Mr. Snipes.

Did they need to make an example of him? Haven't countless other high and mid level profile cases served to do this? One would think so, yet Mr. Snipes is arguably the first black high profile case. Look around, millions of people, black, white, red, yellow, are getting rich in this country. It is estimated that the USA will have over 10 million millionaires by the year 2010.

That is a lot of money. A lot of that money will be in the hands of minorities. Minorities that once used to be relegated to low wages and government assistance. The government is making an example of Mr. Snipes simply because they can, not because it is the right thing to do.

This has a direct impact on your liberty and freedom. With every case like this, juries are giving the government more and more power to take your money. This verdict and sentence basically states that the money YOU earn is not yours. All money belongs to the government and what you get to keep is what the government is so kind and generous to let you keep.

Why else do the Liberals play class warfare to the hilt. It is to get their hands on your money. Remember history tells us a tax on the rich is only a delayed tax on every one else. The Alternative Income Tax should be a hard lesson to us all. This tax or otherwise known as the AMT, was intended to get rich people to pay at least some income tax. Well, this tax has started to hit every day middle class Americans. As it was intended.

Don't think for a minute that it was not intended to hit you or me in the middle class. Look at the Capitol Gains tax. Yes they said it was to hit the rich when they make a killing on stocks or real estate but who did it hit the most and the hardest? The middle class especially when they retired and began cashing in on their retirement stock plans or they sold their home.

Americans began to see that the rich were now them even though they were not rich. You thought it would have been a wake up call. But the Liberals put a clever spin on such things and we still have many of the taxes that were “intended” for the rich but now hit the middle class.

Income taxes was not something the Founding Fathers of our nation thought was a proper way to fund a government. Wealth taxes, which is what income taxes are, were the bane of the old world. Part of the reason our Founding Fathers went to war was because of taxes.

You think Mr. Snipes got what he deserved? I tell you it can and will happen to you or someone you know and care about. Your freedom and liberty are held hostage by high taxes. You are a slave to the government and if you think you are not, then look at Mr. Snipes. Look at others who now find that even though they have money and power, the government has more of both.

When you vote for someone who plays the class or race card you are inviting danger and you are putting your freedom and liberty in jeopardy.

Stop. Think. Vote!