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closeupready

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60. This won't make me popular here, but I think it depends.

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 09:16 AM

Apr 2016

If everyone pays back taxes, penalties, and any statutory punitive damages (if there are any), and - in cases which are slamdunks - plead guilty to either a misdemeanor, and in the worst cases, felony (plus jail time), that's how I think this should unfold.

But also, deal with the entities which facilitate this global tax evasion, as the US did with Swiss banks (ending, as many may recall, the infamous numbered Swiss bank accounts insofar as it involved American citizens).

It's a multifaceted problem needing really major reforms.

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Who Would Like The Tax Cheats Locked Up? [View all] scottie55 Apr 2016 OP

K&R. dchill Apr 2016 #1

Lock them all up! No one left to run for anything except Bernie Sanders! ViseGrip Apr 2016 #2

Kick! - eom fleur-de-lisa Apr 2016 #3

I'm sitting here turbotaxing for the first time in forty years because my roguevalley Apr 2016 #21

I couldn't use turbotax anymore, .......................... turbinetree Apr 2016 #50

thanks. I feel you frustration. we don't have a state tax here :D roguevalley Apr 2016 #51

I just wish that if your going to sell..................... turbinetree Apr 2016 #58

I would like the tax cheats to pay their taxes, present and back. NV Whino Apr 2016 #4

+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #26

Take them right down to their last shit stained pair of underwear! Ensure brewens Apr 2016 #30

would love to see them locked up and those who wrote the laws rurallib Apr 2016 #5

just take everything they have and put em on the street tk2kewl Apr 2016 #6

So that they can tap into the social safety net? 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #27

Well, you gotta admit it would be well funded. JoeyT Apr 2016 #44

Only if we were able to seige they assets, first. 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #47

I'm up for the death penalty here... mwooldri Apr 2016 #7

Grab the pitchforks!! Roland99 Apr 2016 #8

these are crimes against humanity because people died. I would grab a pitchfork. I have one. roguevalley Apr 2016 #23

the only thing they value is money, so they pay back taxes and fines larkrake Apr 2016 #9

Jail will help the country. Seeing these fuckers behind bars IN SPITE of their money will do wonders roguevalley Apr 2016 #24

Please........ daleanime Apr 2016 #10

Too big to lock up? How much does Trump have hidden offshore? Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2016 #11

Nope sarge43 Apr 2016 #12

No! They've been living off our tax dollars enough already. Seize their ass-ests and make em do FailureToCommunicate Apr 2016 #13

And throw away the friggin' key! KPN Apr 2016 #14

Works for me Nt. abelenkpe Apr 2016 #15

the tax frauds will just move their money to a place that welcomes them dembotoz Apr 2016 #16

Never gonna happen on Hillary's watch. Phlem Apr 2016 #17

Agreed. Take them down! nm floriduck Apr 2016 #18

Here Jack Rabbit Apr 2016 #19

I would love for all... Else You Are Mad Apr 2016 #20

The rules should apply to everyone, equally. mainer Apr 2016 #22

Law and order! Law and Order! Lock them all up and take away their yachts. jalan48 Apr 2016 #25

If Hillary gets the nomination, kiss that idea goodbye. DrBulldog Apr 2016 #28

My poor Dad 5 years before he died. redstatebluegirl Apr 2016 #29

that's absolutely horrible renate Apr 2016 #40

Horrible. That is really sad. glinda Apr 2016 #53

raises hand . allan01 Apr 2016 #31

Pie in the sky dpatbrown Apr 2016 #32

Hillary's top donors locked up? retrowire Apr 2016 #33

Won't be surprised to find Clinton Foundation donors her & abroad implicated. stuffmatters Apr 2016 #37

Sentencing guideline Half-Century Man Apr 2016 #34

The only answer and confiscate money, property, etc.... glinda Apr 2016 #35

+ exile fierywoman Apr 2016 #36

Follow the Law Beowulf42 Apr 2016 #38

All i got to say is.... HawkMode Apr 2016 #39

Hell yes Pakid Apr 2016 #41

Gotta change the laws first... Fiendish Thingy Apr 2016 #42

I'd suggest a chain gang rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2016 #43

I wonder who has done more harm to society. Punx Apr 2016 #45

Time for Torches and Pitchforks... Thespian2 Apr 2016 #46

They should pay all past and present taxes RoccoR5955 Apr 2016 #48

And confiscate their ill gotten loot! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #49

No, Magoo48 Apr 2016 #52

locked up, and hit with the mother of all fines. Betty Karlson Apr 2016 #54

I try not to swear, but in answer to your question--fuck yes!!! Akamai Apr 2016 #55

forfeit their money. lock it all up. let them live on a pittance. pansypoo53219 Apr 2016 #56

what really pisses me off LittleGirl Apr 2016 #57

but but but the corporate run prisons would be without their corporate betters to run them! nt Javaman Apr 2016 #59

This won't make me popular here, but I think it depends. closeupready Apr 2016 #60

Back taxes (as well as can be established) Plucketeer Apr 2016 #61

Offshoring is a crime against humanity. Democrats_win Apr 2016 #62