Nazaroo
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Or how about the NY Times article stating the following?
In 2003, Hovind would tell The New York Times, "I haven't filed a tax return in 30 years."
I pay my taxes. If Kent Hovind has a problem with paying taxes, there are legitimate ways to get legislation changed.
You might have had a bit more point with this, except:
(1) We don't find people guilty of ANYTHING based on media gossip.
Even the NY Times is made up of people who make mistakes,
and misquote famous people, take things out of context,
and fail to provide sources.
(2) You have a salary from the government.
Your taxes are probably automatically deducted,
and your income tax is straightforward.
You don't get to choose how much you are paid,
or what your taxes will be.
(3) People running Volunteer Ministries are free to pay themselves
little or nothing,
depending upon their own conscience and the needs of the charity
or the poverty of the community.
Much of building work is contract-based or temporary labour,
and employers/contractors aren't responsible for making
sure that subcontractors pay their own taxes.
(4) Nobody should go to jail for 10 years for failing to pay a few thousand in taxes.
Every day we see people like the Clintons taking in MILLIONS,
or defrauding Billions, or hiding massive incomes offshore,
and never paying any taxes.
The only people given stiff sentences in the past were
murdering mobsters who they couldn't get on the real charges.
In Hovind's case, there aren't any secret graves, even with dinosaur bones.
(5) The 'structuring' crime is being challenged and questioned right now,
in the case of the Speaker of the House.
We doubt that in the future people are going to be given 10 year sentences, even if 'structuring' in some modified form is kept.