JToman wrote on September 08, 2008 10:32 PM: Shiff is a true patriot and correct in his positions. BUT of course the Courts work for the banking system and the IRS. Most do not want to fight just get frns back when it is not even money to start with.

But who cares about any truth here. Keep him in prison because HE WILL inform too many.

douglas wrote on September 05, 2008 08:02 PM: if the tokes aren't taxed by the recipient, then the donors must. perhaps a sign should be on the table advising that the donors will be given a gift reporting form. if the recipient doesn't pay, the donor must. that's only fair.

as to the level of an "exempt" gift, that'll have to change with a "change" in federal administration. the promised trillion dollar giveaway programs have to be paid.

those "tax loopholes" have to be plugged. those overpaid dealers have to pay "their fair share".

IRS Agent wrote on September 05, 2008 07:22 PM: Hey Wynn Dealer, get ready for a surprise! Some advice for you- Next time don't PI$$ OFF management with you union stunt. Management has been more than willing to provide detailed earnings info on all of you. We never realized that the dice dealers were making North of $140K on graveyard!

Wynn Dealer- wrote on September 05, 2008 07:17 PM: I don't mind paying tax on the minimum wage that Stevie boy pays us. The tips are considered gifts so I don't pay tax on that as I am not in those stupid tip sharing programs. It is nice to make over $100K and only have to pay tax on about $14K in salary (After my standard deduction and exemption my tax is only about $900)

I fail to understand these tax protestors who don't file and go to jail. For $900 a year it ain't worth the trouble.

40 Acres & a Mule wrote on September 05, 2008 07:13 PM: As a black man, my tax advisor got me a $40,000 credit on my tax return. I haven't had to pay tax in years even though I file a return. The $40,000 reflect reparations to black people for our ancesters slavery. Sounds like my tax man is smarter than old Irwin.

IRS Agent wrote on September 05, 2008 07:08 PM: Let this be a lesson to all the loser tip earning casino employees out there. We are watching and ready to pounce. Get ready for a NEW tip agreement that will double or triple the hourly rate!

laguna wrote on September 05, 2008 07:05 PM: If you cheat the Crown, the henchman in a robe will throw you in the dungeon. The brain-washed peasants cheer and plead for more blood. They dutifully bow their heads in fear and pay tribute, lest they be next. All hail the King.

Poor Irwin wrote on September 05, 2008 07:04 PM: Rumor has it that his cellmate was a crooked IRS Revenue Officer. Also, it was alledged that this RO sexually abused Mr. Schiff. Talk about `bending over' the old guy!

Mark Yannone wrote on September 05, 2008 06:58 PM: The injustice that has been done to this innocent pro se defendant has been so extreme that today's outrageous punishment will polarize Americans further still -- much further. Irwin Schiff was already serving what amounted to a death sentence (for obeying the law!) so this additional sentence is meaningless to him. But it most certainly is not meaningless to us.

Nelson Donnell wrote on September 05, 2008 06:29 PM: Well, after one studies how Galileo was forced to recant his heliocentric beliefs and spent the last years of his life under house arrest on orders of the Inquisition, would one expect any less from the tyrants of the Federal Mafia?

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