Comments on: If You Do Not Pay Your Taxes the Man with the Gun Will Come and Get You http://daily.freecapitalist.com/2008/04/if-you-do-not-pay-your-taxes-the-man-with-the-gun-will-come-and-get-you/43 Scintillating, Daily News Items by the FreeCapitalist Project Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:38:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: David Kirby http://daily.freecapitalist.com/2008/04/if-you-do-not-pay-your-taxes-the-man-with-the-gun-will-come-and-get-you/43/comment-page-1#comment-36 David Kirby Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:47:20 +0000 http://fcd.freecapitalist.com/?p=108#comment-36 Principle of Prosperity 11 states that “Force Destroys Freedom and Prosperity.” This is the principle in which the Author is stating is being violated by the government in which they impose force by pressing jail time in the Wesley Snipes case. Snipes has been fighting with the IRS on proposed tax that he owed for the last 10 years. The IRS stated that Snipes owed over $2.7 million in back taxes. The government was pushing to charge Snipes with 13 years of Jail time for tax fraud and conspiracy. On April 25th during Snipes court appearance, Snipes paid $5 million to more then cover his tax debt. However the Judge still gave Snipes a 3 year jail sentence even though he had made the government more then financially whole. The judge said that Snipes had shown a history of contempt for US tax laws for some time. This is clearly a violation of principle 11 and how a over zealous government bureaucrat got caught off guard by an individual fighting the system. I would like to add to the author’s article with another violation of principle that I see which is Principle 3 “Agency implies stewardship.” Snipes being a free man, a free agent has the free agency to choose the actions that he takes. By doing that he becomes a steward over his life, but a steward accepts the consequences for his actions. I believe that Snipes has violated Principle 3. It appears that Snipes chose the path of avoidance and not to honor his obligations. Whether you believe that we should be taxed or not, we still live in this country and must abide by its laws. Snipes had 10 years to find knowledgeable and trusting tax advisors that could have built Snipes and advantageous tax strategy. Snipes could have also used his public persona to make a stand and fight over zealous government bureaucrats. By avoiding the issue and running from Johnny Law Snipes is not taking accountability and stewardship for the decisions that he has made. Principle of Prosperity 11 states that “Force Destroys Freedom and Prosperity.” This is the principle in which the Author is stating is being violated by the government in which they impose force by pressing jail time in the Wesley Snipes case. Snipes has been fighting with the IRS on proposed tax that he owed for the last 10 years. The IRS stated that Snipes owed over $2.7 million in back taxes. The government was pushing to charge Snipes with 13 years of Jail time for tax fraud and conspiracy. On April 25th during Snipes court appearance, Snipes paid $5 million to more then cover his tax debt. However the Judge still gave Snipes a 3 year jail sentence even though he had made the government more then financially whole. The judge said that Snipes had shown a history of contempt for US tax laws for some time. This is clearly a violation of principle 11 and how a over zealous government bureaucrat got caught off guard by an individual fighting the system.

I would like to add to the author’s article with another violation of principle that I see which is Principle 3 “Agency implies stewardship.” Snipes being a free man, a free agent has the free agency to choose the actions that he takes. By doing that he becomes a steward over his life, but a steward accepts the consequences for his actions. I believe that Snipes has violated Principle 3. It appears that Snipes chose the path of avoidance and not to honor his obligations. Whether you believe that we should be taxed or not, we still live in this country and must abide by its laws. Snipes had 10 years to find knowledgeable and trusting tax advisors that could have built Snipes and advantageous tax strategy. Snipes could have also used his public persona to make a stand and fight over zealous government bureaucrats. By avoiding the issue and running from Johnny Law Snipes is not taking accountability and stewardship for the decisions that he has made.

]]> By: sfreestone http://daily.freecapitalist.com/2008/04/if-you-do-not-pay-your-taxes-the-man-with-the-gun-will-come-and-get-you/43/comment-page-1#comment-35 sfreestone Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:28:03 +0000 http://fcd.freecapitalist.com/?p=108#comment-35 Snipes is just a victim of bad advice right? I mean all he did was rely on the advice of an organization committed to helping people legally not pay taxes right? While the substance of Snipes' argument may have validity, the manner in which he chose to fight was poor indeed. Aligning yourself with the patriotic sheep of the brain off conspiracy generally isn't the best way to effectuate change in the world. Snipes would have been much better served to use his popularity and influence to help change tax law while he still maintained the moral high ground. Now Snipes has sold himself to the very beast he was trying to defeat even offering to do public service announcements on taxes in lieu of jail time. The government's gun is always bigger than yours. If you don't believe me just don't do what they tell you to and see what happens. It is true that force destroys freedom and prosperity but the solution isn't always to blatantly oppose that force. It is a shame that Snipes wasted the ability to help make needed changes. Snipes is just a victim of bad advice right? I mean all he did was rely on the advice of an organization committed to helping people legally not pay taxes right? While the substance of Snipes’ argument may have validity, the manner in which he chose to fight was poor indeed. Aligning yourself with the patriotic sheep of the brain off conspiracy generally isn’t the best way to effectuate change in the world. Snipes would have been much better served to use his popularity and influence to help change tax law while he still maintained the moral high ground. Now Snipes has sold himself to the very beast he was trying to defeat even offering to do public service announcements on taxes in lieu of jail time. The government’s gun is always bigger than yours. If you don’t believe me just don’t do what they tell you to and see what happens. It is true that force destroys freedom and prosperity but the solution isn’t always to blatantly oppose that force. It is a shame that Snipes wasted the ability to help make needed changes.

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