Just a quick question for the GOP members of this slice of heaven????? With the evidence sooooooo clear that the covid vaccines are both effective and safe.....why at the lowest 6 states in vaccinated rates all red and supported trump in 2020????? Is it you all don't believe in science or all think you are invincible from the disease and its potential for killing you..... I know the goat fucker thinks his genes are superior to all others....does that hold true to the rest you you slurpers????? BTW GW is a hoax!!!!!
Makes my day, Lil Schitty and his smug hatred of gays.....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up the case of a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding, leaving in place a decision that she broke state anti-discrimination laws. tices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch said they would have agreed to hear the case and review the decision. Four justices are needed for the court to take a case.
In 2018 the high court ordered Washington state courts to take a new look at the case involving florist Barronelle Stutzman and her Arlene's Flowers business. That followed the justices’ decision in a different case involving a Colorado baker who declined to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.
After that review, the Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state courts did not act with animosity toward religion when they ruled Stutzman broke the state’s anti-discrimination laws by refusing on religious grounds to provide flowers for the wedding of Rob Ingersoll and Curt Freed.
The earliest Christians were “common-ists.” No, not communists – not modern atheistic Marxists – but followers of Jesus who sought to practice his teachings by sharing “everything in common. They would sell their property and possessions to give to anyone who had need… No one claimed private ownership of any of their possessions, but everything they owned was held in common” (Acts 2:44,45; 4:23).
One reason Christian believers in Jerusalem could observe so communal and socialistic a practice was their conviction that the return of Jesus was going to take place within a very short time, bringing the blessings of God’s Kingdom to all the earth. As the years wore on, however, and Jesus’ immediate return failed to materialize, churches founded in Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy relaxed such stringent requirements for membership.
Still, as late as a quarter century after Jesus’ crucifixion, the Apostle Paul, writing to the Christians in Corinth, could assure them that “the present form of the world is passing away” and the return of Jesus was now so very near, he said, that they might want to consider abstaining from sex within marriage and even from marrying itself (!) in order to prepare themselves spiritually for Jesus’ imminent return (1st Corinthians chapter 7; Paul’s certainty about the nearness of Jesus’ return can probably be attributed to a statement by Jesus that not all his original followers would die before he came back: Mark 9:1; compare Matthew 16:28).
Of course, Jesus could be exceedingly demanding and envisioned an imminent godly Kingdom on earth in which there would be neither wealth nor poverty (Luke 6:20-26) and in which no one would attempt to rule over or take advantage of others, but all would strive toward being loving servants, even slaves, of one another, as he himself felt tasked to be, even to the point of dying for the sake of the vast “many” (Mark 10:42-45; Isaiah 53:11-12).
In the political turmoil of today, it is regrettable that so many who claim allegiance to Jesus adamantly oppose any form of “common-ism,” even when practiced by democratic societies. It is disheartening to have to admit that several nations in our world today are far more responsive to Jesus’ communal teachings than are many American politicians who seem hell-bent on creating a government dedicated to pursuing the selfish greed they wish to impose on all the rest of us. _______ Boswell, a retired pastor of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) living in Normal, IL, may be reached through Jesus Laid Bare at youtube.com.
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Trump Appears to Acknowledge Tax Schemes July 4, 2021 at 7:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
“Former president Donald Trump lashed out at Manhattan prosecutors Saturday night for indicting his organization and its chief financial officer for tax fraud, calling it ‘prosecutorial misconduct’ in his most extensive comments on the charges since they were unsealed Thursday,” the Washington Post reports.
“As Trump criticized the investigation, he appeared to acknowledge the tax schemes while questioning whether the alleged violations were in fact crimes.”
Said Trump: “They go after good, hard-working people for not paying taxes on a company car. You didn’t pay tax on the car or a company apartment. You used an apartment because you need an apartment because you have to travel too far where your house is. You didn’t pay tax. Or education for your grandchildren. I don’t even know. Do you have to? Does anybody know the answer to that stuff?”
Fence Around Capitol to Come Down July 4, 2021 at 7:55 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments “The remaining fencing that has surrounded the U.S. Capitol since a mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed the building in January is likely to come down as soon as next week,” the AP reports.
Biden Gets High Marks for Handling Pandemic July 4, 2021 at 7:07 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 39 Comments A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds 62% of Americans say they approve of the job President Biden has done in dealing with the pandemic, almost identical to findings in April as he neared the end of his first 100 days in office.
His overall approval stands at 50% positive and 42% negative, figures that are also virtually the same as in April.
One low mark for the president comes on the issue of immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, where 33% of Americans say they approve of how he is handling the issue, amid a surge of migrants attempting to cross into the country.
From RealClearPolitics Lincoln and Ford: July Fourth Should Bring Us Together COMMENTARY By John Cribb July 04, 2021
In five years, on July 4, 2026, Americans will observe the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, a milestone that carries a somewhat awkward name: the semiquincentennial.
Those old enough to remember our nation’s 200th birthday in 1976 know the bicentennial was a months-long celebration full of parades, fireworks, and tall ships. The country had recently struggled through the Vietnam War, Watergate, recession, and an energy crisis, but Americans came together to pay tribute to the American Revolution.
As Gerald Ford observed in Philadelphia on Independence Day 1976, it was a time for “both pride and humility, rejoicing and reverence,” a day to reflect that, for our nation’s founders, “when liberty was at stake, they were willing to pay the price.”
If we don’t watch it, we may be headed toward something quite different in 2026.
The last few years have brought arguments that the American founding wasn’t so great after all and that the founders were just a bunch of old white men who talked about freedom but instituted slavery and racism.
Some students are being taught that the real founding was not 1776 but 1619, the year the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia. A National Archives task force recently cited the Archives’ own rotunda, where the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and other founding documents are displayed, as an example of “structural racism.”
If this line of thinking wins the day, 2026 will be a year-long scowling at America’s past. That would be wrong, not only because our country deserves better, but because a nation that learns to loathe itself is in deep trouble.
What to do? Abraham Lincoln offered some excellent guidance in a speech he gave in Chicago in July 1858, just a few weeks before the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates. He used the occasion to give his thoughts on the founding, the Declaration of Independence, and the importance of celebrating July Fourth.
Lincoln never hesitated to address head-on the issue of slavery and the founding. He explained that the founders knew slavery was wrong, but they did not believe they could fight a war against one of the greatest military powers on earth, launch a new nation, hold 13 new states together, and get rid of slavery all at the same time. It was too large a task.
What they could and did do, however, was lay down principles in the Declaration of Independence that spelled the doom of slavery—the ideals that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The declaration of those principles, coming at a time when the vast majority of people on earth lived with little or no freedom, was a magnificent step forward. For the first time in history, a nation was created out of the idea that all should be free and govern themselves.
Those founding principles were a promise. They stood, and still stand, as beacons for the country to move toward.
In one sense, the founding was thus tragically flawed by slavery. In another sense, it was the glorious start of a long journey that has brought hope and freedom to millions.
Lincoln knew the founders were far from perfect, but he also knew they were an extraordinary generation of leaders, perhaps the most extraordinary in history. He called them “iron men” and saw much to admire in them.
He pointed out that few of us are descended by blood from those founders, but we are all their descendants in that we have inherited the ideals they fought for. “That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together,” Lincoln said, “that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the minds of men throughout the world.”
Lincoln knew Fourth of July celebrations are part of the glue that holds us together. They remind us of how difficult it was to establish the principles underlying our democracy and win the liberty we enjoy. They help us, Lincoln said, “feel more attached to one another, and more firmly bound to the country we inhabit.”
In other words, the Fourth of July builds patriotism, love of country.
If they were here today, Abraham Lincoln and Jerry Ford would no doubt both say let’s have a grand semiquincentennial party in 2026. And they would no doubt push back hard against the idea that the American founding was anything but a miracle.
Americans need to do the same in their children’s schools, on college campuses, in town halls and in legislatures. We need to push back hard against the narrative that America’s history is mainly a story of racism and oppression.
Despite its faults and sins—and some of them, like slavery, have been grave—the American record stands tall. It is a brilliant, unparalleled story.
It is still true, as Gerald Ford said on Independence Day 1976, that “the United States today remains the most successful realization of humanity's universal hope.”
Five years from now, let’s come together for a joyful 250th birthday celebration full of patriotism and pride. We can start by lighting a candle this Fourth of July and remembering just how blessed we all are to live here. ______ John Cribb is the author of “Old Abe: A Novel,” published by Republic Books.
Nobody else has been charged with a crime for this situation in spite of everyone doing it.
So there are legitimate questions if this is "selective" prosecution of something that is generally just a civil issue where the IRS would make you pay the taxes.
But hey... if it gets you a boner that a corrupt DA is charging someone for a crime JUST because he is associated with Trump, then everything we argue about you and your ilk is 100% true.
BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!! Tax evasion asshole???????? God your desperation is palpable and amusing!!!!!!! The excuse everyone does it is trumpian!!!!!! Amazing trump cannot say anything but witch hunt.....does not defend the company or the CFO.....very sad you keep falling for a lying cheating business man with ZERO morals......idiot
Ch is correct. I've worked in executive compensation. For a corporate CFO likely making close to $1M per year, the reporting details of such minor benefits as company car or an apartment where $1000/mo was actually paid is far from any fraud scheme. And he most likely had his tax return prepared For him as well.
And further, no company has ever been charged like this for such a minor debatable tax issue on an employee's personal tax return. This is entirely malicious prosecution. It will be dismissed and James and Vance will be sued for it.
So there are legitimate questions if this is "selective" prosecution of something that is generally just a civil issue where the IRS would make you pay the taxes.
This prosecution stands as a testament to how weak and corrupt Vance really is, and how he is totally consumed by TDS.
No sane or rational DA levies these charges. Only a total fucking tool levies these charges.
s prosecution stands as a testament to how weak and corrupt Vance really i
While you remain a stupid fuck who thinks laws are just for people who are against you.....BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Trump's actions over 15 years demonstrate a systematic way of padding his own pockets.....fucking the US and then declaring what a smart guy he is by paying little taxes.......BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Keep slurping asshole!!!!
BTW ballz.......I saw how a VP getting a shirt replaced by the company was exposed by DCAA and got their rate certs questioned for bidding purposes......sad the guy was an asshole and the company paid for his stupidity!!!!!
"I pledge allegiance first and foremost to King Donald J. Trump and, second, to the the flag of the United States of Trumpamerica and to the Republic for which it stands.”
“Thou shall have no gods before me, except for King Trump, who can do whatever he wants and know he can get away with it.”
“Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy, except for King Trump, who can tweet lies and inuendoes and blasphemies at will every Sunday.”
“Thou shall not commit adultery, unless you are King Trump, who can have affairs with a Playboy bunny and a porn star following the birth of his son and have unwanted sexual encounters with at least 20 other women.”
“Thou shall not lie, unless you are King Trump who, for the record, lies and misinforms, on average, more than six times a day.”
“Thou shall not steal, unless you are King Trump who has bamboozled and misled and swindled thousands of workers, students, and associates during his business career.”
“Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor or covet your neighbor’s house, wife, or goods, unless you are King Trump who cares only for himself.”
Guess you are just not bright enough to understand.
The argument is not that nobody has ever been charged with "tax evasion". Just that nobody has been charged with a "tax evasion" charge for failure to report these sorts of benefits as income.
I actually suspect that both you and the Reverend probably do understand this, but still feel it's perfectly acceptable for a DA to take political considerations into play when charging someone. TDS!
Audit my ass ballz.....ripping off the govmt for 15 years and millions of $'s is just a tad more than a fucking mistake....even for a moronic loser like you!!!!!! BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!!! 2 sets of books is fraud....!!!!!!
I've worked in executive compensation. This is a irs tax audit issue. Tbey send a letter saying they thibk you owe some taxes. I myself got one earlier this year for a DCRA deduction in 2018.
These charges are for minor benefits for a guy likely making a million per year. And they're about his personal tax returns. Not the company's. Its bogus charges about a nonexistent 'tax scheme'.
While attempting to deny the claim, [General Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff] actually did everything to confirm it was true while also insisting he wanted to understand “white rage,” a concept invented by left-wing extremists as part of Critical Race Theory to denigrate white people.
As we highlighted last week, Nellis Air Force base responded to controversy about a drag queen show hosted by the base by saying the performance was “essential to the morale, cohesion, and readiness of the military.”
Attempts by the woke cult to subvert the military began under the Obama administration, during which in some instances cadets were made to take part in an event called Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, which sought to raise awareness for sexual assault victims by having men wearing Army Combat Uniforms parade around in red high heels.
Sleepy Joe Biden wants to make every Army trainee a queer.
And you ballz are just plain ignorant!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAA Again I note other than being a raving moron....you can't be specific.....Why are you such a big mouth with no brains/????? You worked for executive compensation and didn't learn a fucking thing....sorry sport but you lose again!!!!!! No body can be as stupid as you.....
Tax Evasion.....noun
the illegal nonpayment or underpayment of tax: "a four-year sentence for tax evasion"
Why do you keep making shit up and blowing smoke out your ass???????
We, as Americans, believe fundamentally and accept as self-evident, that all are created equal. We believe that all are endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights, among them rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We believe governments are instituted to protect those rights (that, indeed, is government’s very purpose and only basis of legitimacy). We believe governments may govern justly only if they derive their powers from the consent of the governed. Those truths define who we are. And lovers of a drug addicted black man and the greatest generation survivors oppose each of them and mean to deprive us of them, the truths stand in their simple yet profound honesty and tug dearly at our hearts because, if we are honest, we know them to be true, undeniable, and eternal. Moreover, through experience we know they have proven their superiority over every dogma offered to justify the denial of individual rights, freedom of choice, and pursuit of individual happiness.
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Lil Schitty gets caught again lying and being stupid for trump You are making distinctions that no body has gotten caught before!!!!1 Sorry asshole....if Hillary was the subject and got caught you would be chanting lock her up daily.....God you are a fucking fool for trump!!!!!!! I guess you believe in selective laws for people you support!!!!
Gee Lil Schitty.....I do not see anything in the law that says employee benefits are not taxable....Suggest you and loser Ballz review before looking more stupid than you already are!!!!
26 USC 7201 Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this title or the payment thereof shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100,000 ($500,000 in the case of a corporation), or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.
tion 7201 creates two offenses: (a) the willful attempt to evade or defeat the assessment of a tax, and (b) the willful attempt to evade or defeat the payment of a tax. Sansone v. United States, 380 U.S. 343, 354 (1965). See also, United States v. Shoppert, 362 F.3d 451, 454 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 911 (2004); United States v. Mal, 942 F. 2d 682, 687-88 (9th Cir. 1991) (if a defendant transfers assets to prevent the I.R.S. from determining his true tax liability, he has attempted to evade assessment; if he does so after a tax liability has become due and owing, he has attempted to evade payment). [a] Evasion of assessment.
The most common attempt to evade or defeat a tax is the affirmative act of filing a false return that omits income and/or claims deductions to which the taxpayer is not entitled. The tax reported on the return is falsely understated and creates a deficiency. Consequently, such willful under reporting constitutes an attempt to evade or defeat tax by evading the correct assessment of the tax. [b] Evasion of payment.
What I find most amusing to you trump slurpers is that in your world, income for things given to employees like cars, apartments and tuition do not count as income because no one has ever been charged before!!!!! Petty pathetic even for you!!!!
Your general statement does not speak to the facts of the case. 100k per year for a company car? Really?? And he paid $1000/mo for that apartment. Did you even know that?
Like I said, you don't know what the hell you're talking about.
Minnesota(Thecoldheartedtruth)—Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene reported that there had been numerous sightings of Jewish space lasers across the United States today.
Greene said that the “increased Jewish-space-laser activity” was a matter of deep concern, although she was not certain of the lasers’ purpose.
“You’ll have to ask the Rothschilds that,” she said. “But it can’t be anything good.”
Complaining that the use of the Hebraic lasers had gone unchecked, she blasted the Biden Administration for its inaction on what she called “the No. 1 threat to our national security.”
“I don’t expect Sleepy Joe to do anything about it,” she said. “I guess we’ll have to wait until August when Donald Trump’s President again.”
Your general statement does not speak to the facts of the case. 100k per year for a company car?
BWAAAAAAAAA!!!! 1.7 million over 15 years is the case. of untaxed bennies.....I guess that's all right in dumb fuck ballz world!!!!...Try to keep up with reality instead of being just stupid!!!!!!!
The maximum permissible fine is $250,000 for individuals and $500,000 for corporations. 1-1.02 Generally [1] Two kinds of tax evasion. Section 7201 creates two offenses: (a) the willful attempt to evade or defeat the assessment of a tax, and (b) the willful attempt to evade or defeat the payment of a tax. Sansone v. United States, 380 U.S. 343, 354 (1965). See also, United States v. Shoppert, 362 F.3d 451, 454 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 911 (2004); United States v. Mal, 942 F. 2d 682, 687-88 (9th Cir. 1991) (if a defendant transfers assets to prevent the I.R.S. from determining his true tax liability, he has attempted to evade assessment; if he does so after a tax liability has become due and owing, he has attempted to evade payment). [a] Evasion of assessment.
The most common attempt to evade or defeat a tax is the affirmative act of filing a false return that omits income and/or claims deductions to which the taxpayer is not entitled. The tax reported on the return is falsely understated and creates a deficiency. Consequently, such willful under reporting constitutes an attempt to evade or defeat tax by evading the correct assessment of the tax. [b] Evasion of payment.
This offense generally occurs after the existence of a tax due and owing has been established (either by the taxpayer reporting the amount of tax or by the I.R.S. assessing the amount of tax deemed to be due and owing) and almost always involves an affirmative act of concealment of money or assets from which the tax could be paid. As discussed in Section 1-1.04 below, it is not essential that the I.R.S. have made a formal assessment of taxes owed and a demand for payment in order for tax evasion charges to be brought. Tax deficiency can arise by operation of law when there is a failure to file and the government later determines the tax liability. United States v. Daniel, 956 F.2d 540, 542 (6th Cir. 1992).”
In the current Republican party, Abraham Lincoln would be called a RINO.
Lincoln opposed nativism throughout his political career. He was an early and vocal critic of Know-Nothingism. In a letter to a friend in 1855, Lincoln declared, “When the Know-Nothings get control, [the Declaration of Independence] will read ‘all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.’” Lincoln made support of immigration, along with opposition to slavery, one of the themes of his losing campaign to replace incumbent Illinois Sen. Stephen Douglas. In one of his famous debates with Douglas in 1858, Lincoln noted that the Declaration of Independence’s guarantee of freedom belonged to immigrants as much as to the native born: “They have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote that Declaration, and so they are.” When he sought the nomination of the newly formed Republican party, Lincoln supported inclusion of a plank in the party’s platform that pledged that naturalized citizens’ rights would not be abridged in any way and that their rights be protected both at home and abroad. In his first address to Congress after being elected president, Lincoln called for legislation to increase immigration, which resulted in subsequent passage of “An Act to Encourage Immigration.” Lincoln signed it into law on July 4, 1864.
In early 1861, as he traveled from Springfield to Washington for his inauguration, Lincoln summed up his views on immigration at a stop in Cincinnati where he spoke to a group of German-born Americans: “If there are any abroad who desire to make this the land of their adoption, it is not in my heart to throw aught in their way, to prevent them from coming to the United States.” If we really believe in the promise of America, we should take Lincoln’s words to heart. A great nation does not close itself off from the world. It welcomes those who will make it even greater.
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Unless you are a native American, you are an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants.
The current Republican party is afraid of being replaced!
16 years alleged, not 15. And what company car have you seen that shows $8000/mo benefit?? There isn't one. And he paid $1000/mo for thay apartment. You're an idiot.
So the ball less wonder finally realizes that trump was a systemic tax cheat. As to your car benefit number.....That is your made up delusion....I can't fix your stupid......BWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
You're making even less sense than usual. My last post still stands. $8000 per month car benefit? Never. The numbers don't add up. And he paid a grand per month for that apartment. He paid for it dumb fuck. And there's no precedent where s company was criminally charged for an employee's personal tax return, which was most likely prepared for him. This will be thrown out in a new York minute.
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!! 8k per month????? WTF are you making up????? The company was charged to cooking the books and not paying the federal taxes owed on compensation!!!!! At least you finally recognize the fraud involved but making up shit and opinion is all you got!!!!! Sad you claim to be educated but you post like a fucking moron.......LOLOLOLOL
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Just a quick question for the GOP members of this slice of heaven????? With the evidence sooooooo clear that the covid vaccines are both effective and safe.....why at the lowest 6 states in vaccinated rates all red and supported trump in 2020????? Is it you all don't believe in science or all think you are invincible from the disease and its potential for killing you..... I know the goat fucker thinks his genes are superior to all others....does that hold true to the rest you you slurpers????? BTW GW is a hoax!!!!!
Makes my day, Lil Schitty and his smug hatred of gays.....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up the case of a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding, leaving in place a decision that she broke state anti-discrimination laws.
tices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch said they would have agreed to hear the case and review the decision. Four justices are needed for the court to take a case.
In 2018 the high court ordered Washington state courts to take a new look at the case involving florist Barronelle Stutzman and her Arlene's Flowers business. That followed the justices’ decision in a different case involving a Colorado baker who declined to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.
After that review, the Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state courts did not act with animosity toward religion when they ruled Stutzman broke the state’s anti-discrimination laws by refusing on religious grounds to provide flowers for the wedding of Rob Ingersoll and Curt Freed.
HAPPY FOURTH!!!!!!
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FROM THE PULPIT
James Boswell
The earliest Christians were “common-ists.” No, not communists – not modern atheistic Marxists – but followers of Jesus who sought to practice his teachings by sharing “everything in common. They would sell their property and possessions to give to anyone who had need… No one claimed private ownership of any of their possessions, but everything they owned was held in common” (Acts 2:44,45; 4:23).
One reason Christian believers in Jerusalem could observe so communal and socialistic a practice was their conviction that the return of Jesus was going to take place within a very short time, bringing the blessings of God’s Kingdom to all the earth. As the years wore on, however, and Jesus’ immediate return failed to materialize, churches founded in Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy relaxed such stringent requirements for membership.
Still, as late as a quarter century after Jesus’ crucifixion, the Apostle Paul, writing to the Christians in Corinth, could assure them that “the present form of the world is passing away” and the return of Jesus was now so very near, he said, that they might want to consider abstaining from sex within marriage and even from marrying itself (!) in order to prepare themselves spiritually for Jesus’ imminent return (1st Corinthians chapter 7; Paul’s certainty about the nearness of Jesus’ return can probably be attributed to a statement by Jesus that not all his original followers would die before he came back: Mark 9:1; compare Matthew 16:28).
Of course, Jesus could be exceedingly demanding and envisioned an imminent godly Kingdom on earth in which there would be neither wealth nor poverty (Luke 6:20-26) and in which no one would attempt to rule over or take advantage of others, but all would strive toward being loving servants, even slaves, of one another, as he himself felt tasked to be, even to the point of dying for the sake of the vast “many” (Mark 10:42-45; Isaiah 53:11-12).
In the political turmoil of today, it is regrettable that so many who claim allegiance to Jesus adamantly oppose any form of “common-ism,” even when practiced by democratic societies. It is disheartening to have to admit that several nations in our world today are far more responsive to Jesus’ communal teachings than are many American politicians who seem hell-bent on creating a government dedicated to pursuing the selfish greed they wish to impose on all the rest of us.
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Boswell, a retired pastor of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) living in Normal, IL, may be reached through Jesus Laid Bare at youtube.com.
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Trump Appears to Acknowledge Tax Schemes
July 4, 2021 at 7:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
“Former president Donald Trump lashed out at Manhattan prosecutors Saturday night for indicting his organization and its chief financial officer for tax fraud, calling it ‘prosecutorial misconduct’ in his most extensive comments on the charges since they were unsealed Thursday,” the Washington Post reports.
“As Trump criticized the investigation, he appeared to acknowledge the tax schemes while questioning whether the alleged violations were in fact crimes.”
Said Trump: “They go after good, hard-working people for not paying taxes on a company car. You didn’t pay tax on the car or a company apartment. You used an apartment because you need an apartment because you have to travel too far where your house is. You didn’t pay tax. Or education for your grandchildren. I don’t even know. Do you have to? Does anybody know the answer to that stuff?”
Fence Around Capitol to Come Down
July 4, 2021 at 7:55 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments
“The remaining fencing that has surrounded the U.S. Capitol since a mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed the building in January is likely to come down as soon as next week,” the AP reports.
Biden Gets High Marks for Handling Pandemic
July 4, 2021 at 7:07 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 39 Comments
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds 62% of Americans say they approve of the job President Biden has done in dealing with the pandemic, almost identical to findings in April as he neared the end of his first 100 days in office.
His overall approval stands at 50% positive and 42% negative, figures that are also virtually the same as in April.
One low mark for the president comes on the issue of immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, where 33% of Americans say they approve of how he is handling the issue, amid a surge of migrants attempting to cross into the country.
From RealClearPolitics
Lincoln and Ford: July Fourth Should Bring Us Together
COMMENTARY By John Cribb July 04, 2021
In five years, on July 4, 2026, Americans will observe the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, a milestone that carries a somewhat awkward name: the semiquincentennial.
Those old enough to remember our nation’s 200th birthday in 1976 know the bicentennial was a months-long celebration full of parades, fireworks, and tall ships. The country had recently struggled through the Vietnam War, Watergate, recession, and an energy crisis, but Americans came together to pay tribute to the American Revolution.
As Gerald Ford observed in Philadelphia on Independence Day 1976, it was a time for “both pride and humility, rejoicing and reverence,” a day to reflect that, for our nation’s founders, “when liberty was at stake, they were willing to pay the price.”
If we don’t watch it, we may be headed toward something quite different in 2026.
The last few years have brought arguments that the American founding wasn’t so great after all and that the founders were just a bunch of old white men who talked about freedom but instituted slavery and racism.
Some students are being taught that the real founding was not 1776 but 1619, the year the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia. A National Archives task force recently cited the Archives’ own rotunda, where the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and other founding documents are displayed, as an example of “structural racism.”
If this line of thinking wins the day, 2026 will be a year-long scowling at America’s past. That would be wrong, not only because our country deserves better, but because a nation that learns to loathe itself is in deep trouble.
What to do? Abraham Lincoln offered some excellent guidance in a speech he gave in Chicago in July 1858, just a few weeks before the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates. He used the occasion to give his thoughts on the founding, the Declaration of Independence, and the importance of celebrating July Fourth.
Lincoln never hesitated to address head-on the issue of slavery and the founding. He explained that the founders knew slavery was wrong, but they did not believe they could fight a war against one of the greatest military powers on earth, launch a new nation, hold 13 new states together, and get rid of slavery all at the same time. It was too large a task.
What they could and did do, however, was lay down principles in the Declaration of Independence that spelled the doom of slavery—the ideals that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The declaration of those principles, coming at a time when the vast majority of people on earth lived with little or no freedom, was a magnificent step forward. For the first time in history, a nation was created out of the idea that all should be free and govern themselves.
Those founding principles were a promise. They stood, and still stand, as beacons for the country to move toward.
In one sense, the founding was thus tragically flawed by slavery. In another sense, it was the glorious start of a long journey that has brought hope and freedom to millions.
Lincoln knew the founders were far from perfect, but he also knew they were an extraordinary generation of leaders, perhaps the most extraordinary in history. He called them “iron men” and saw much to admire in them.
He pointed out that few of us are descended by blood from those founders, but we are all their descendants in that we have inherited the ideals they fought for. “That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together,” Lincoln said, “that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the minds of men throughout the world.”
Lincoln knew Fourth of July celebrations are part of the glue that holds us together. They remind us of how difficult it was to establish the principles underlying our democracy and win the liberty we enjoy. They help us, Lincoln said, “feel more attached to one another, and more firmly bound to the country we inhabit.”
In other words, the Fourth of July builds patriotism, love of country.
If they were here today, Abraham Lincoln and Jerry Ford would no doubt both say let’s have a grand semiquincentennial party in 2026. And they would no doubt push back hard against the idea that the American founding was anything but a miracle.
Americans need to do the same in their children’s schools, on college campuses, in town halls and in legislatures. We need to push back hard against the narrative that America’s history is mainly a story of racism and oppression.
Despite its faults and sins—and some of them, like slavery, have been grave—the American record stands tall. It is a brilliant, unparalleled story.
It is still true, as Gerald Ford said on Independence Day 1976, that “the United States today remains the most successful realization of humanity's universal hope.”
Five years from now, let’s come together for a joyful 250th birthday celebration full of patriotism and pride. We can start by lighting a candle this Fourth of July and remembering just how blessed we all are to live here.
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John Cribb is the author of “Old Abe: A Novel,” published by Republic Books.
Reverend...
This is very very simple.
There is no precedent for this sort of charge.
Nobody else has been charged with a crime for this situation in spite of everyone doing it.
So there are legitimate questions if this is "selective" prosecution of something that is generally just a civil issue where the IRS would make you pay the taxes.
But hey... if it gets you a boner that a corrupt DA is charging someone for a crime JUST because he is associated with Trump, then everything we argue about you and your ilk is 100% true.
There is no precedent for this sort of charge.
BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!! Tax evasion asshole???????? God your desperation is palpable and amusing!!!!!!! The excuse everyone does it is trumpian!!!!!! Amazing trump cannot say anything but witch hunt.....does not defend the company or the CFO.....very sad you keep falling for a lying cheating business man with ZERO morals......idiot
Ch is correct. I've worked in executive compensation. For a corporate CFO likely making close to $1M per year, the reporting details of such minor benefits as company car or an apartment where $1000/mo was actually paid is far from any fraud scheme. And he most likely had his tax return prepared For him as well.
And further, no company has ever been charged like this for such a minor debatable tax issue on an employee's personal tax return. This is entirely malicious prosecution. It will be dismissed and James and Vance will be sued for it.
So there are legitimate questions if this is "selective" prosecution of something that is generally just a civil issue where the IRS would make you pay the taxes.
This prosecution stands as a testament to how weak and corrupt Vance really is, and how he is totally consumed by TDS.
No sane or rational DA levies these charges. Only a total fucking tool levies these charges.
s prosecution stands as a testament to how weak and corrupt Vance really i
While you remain a stupid fuck who thinks laws are just for people who are against you.....BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Trump's actions over 15 years demonstrate a systematic way of padding his own pockets.....fucking the US and then declaring what a smart guy he is by paying little taxes.......BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Keep slurping asshole!!!!
BTW ballz.......I saw how a VP getting a shirt replaced by the company was exposed by DCAA and got their rate certs questioned for bidding purposes......sad the guy was an asshole and the company paid for his stupidity!!!!!
It's purely an irs tax audit issue. And a debatable one at that.
How many business owners write off their car expenses and are audited without being criminally charged?
Dopey, you don't know what the hell you're talking about.
BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!! What part, asshole.....be specific......instead of just flapping your idiot lips........
"I pledge allegiance first and foremost to King Donald J. Trump and, second, to the the flag of the United States of Trumpamerica and to the Republic for which it stands.”
“Thou shall have no gods before me, except for King Trump, who can do whatever he wants and know he can get away with it.”
“Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy, except for King Trump, who can tweet lies and inuendoes and blasphemies at will every Sunday.”
“Thou shall not commit adultery, unless you are King Trump, who can have affairs with a Playboy bunny and a porn star following the birth of his son and have unwanted sexual encounters with at least 20 other women.”
“Thou shall not lie, unless you are King Trump who, for the record, lies and misinforms, on average, more than six times a day.”
“Thou shall not steal, unless you are King Trump who has bamboozled and misled and swindled thousands of workers, students, and associates during his business career.”
“Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor or covet your neighbor’s house, wife, or goods, unless you are King Trump who cares only for himself.”
I won in a landslide!
Spread The Big Steal.
Well Denny...
Guess you are just not bright enough to understand.
The argument is not that nobody has ever been charged with "tax evasion". Just that nobody has been charged with a "tax evasion" charge for failure to report these sorts of benefits as income.
I actually suspect that both you and the Reverend probably do understand this, but still feel it's perfectly acceptable for a DA to take political considerations into play when charging someone. TDS!
Audit my ass ballz.....ripping off the govmt for 15 years and millions of $'s is just a tad more than a fucking mistake....even for a moronic loser like you!!!!!! BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!!! 2 sets of books is fraud....!!!!!!
I've already said it many times.
I've worked in executive compensation. This is a irs tax audit issue. Tbey send a letter saying they thibk you owe some taxes. I myself got one earlier this year for a DCRA deduction in 2018.
These charges are for minor benefits for a guy likely making a million per year. And they're about his personal tax returns. Not the company's. Its bogus charges about a nonexistent 'tax scheme'.
You are completely ignorant on this issue. You would fo better to keep your mouth shut.
While attempting to deny the claim, [General Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff] actually did everything to confirm it was true while also insisting he wanted to understand “white rage,” a concept invented by left-wing extremists as part of Critical Race Theory to denigrate white people.
As we highlighted last week, Nellis Air Force base responded to controversy about a drag queen show hosted by the base by saying the performance was “essential to the morale, cohesion, and readiness of the military.”
Attempts by the woke cult to subvert the military began under the Obama administration, during which in some instances cadets were made to take part in an event called Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, which sought to raise awareness for sexual assault victims by having men wearing Army Combat Uniforms parade around in red high heels.
Sleepy Joe Biden wants to make every Army trainee a queer.
How do you bring a Truther to their knees?
Paint your dick orange.
And you ballz are just plain ignorant!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAA Again I note other than being a raving moron....you can't be specific.....Why are you such a big mouth with no brains/????? You worked for executive compensation and didn't learn a fucking thing....sorry sport but you lose again!!!!!! No body can be as stupid as you.....
Tax Evasion.....noun
the illegal nonpayment or underpayment of tax:
"a four-year sentence for tax evasion"
Why do you keep making shit up and blowing smoke out your ass???????
We, as Americans, believe fundamentally and accept as self-evident, that all are created equal. We believe that all are endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights, among them rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We believe governments are instituted to protect those rights (that, indeed, is government’s very purpose and only basis of legitimacy). We believe governments may govern justly only if they derive their powers from the consent of the governed. Those truths define who we are. And lovers of a drug addicted black man and the greatest generation survivors oppose each of them and mean to deprive us of them, the truths stand in their simple yet profound honesty and tug dearly at our hearts because, if we are honest, we know them to be true, undeniable, and eternal. Moreover, through experience we know they have proven their superiority over every dogma offered to justify the denial of individual rights, freedom of choice, and pursuit of individual happiness.
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Lil Schitty gets caught again lying and being stupid for trump You are making distinctions that no body has gotten caught before!!!!1 Sorry asshole....if Hillary was the subject and got caught you would be chanting lock her up daily.....God you are a fucking fool for trump!!!!!!! I guess you believe in selective laws for people you support!!!!
https://www.irsstreamlinedprocedures.com/how-long-average-prison-sentence-tax-evasion/
Gee Lil Schitty.....I do not see anything in the law that says employee benefits are not taxable....Suggest you and loser Ballz review before looking more stupid than you already are!!!!
26 USC 7201
Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this title or the payment thereof shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100,000 ($500,000 in the case of a corporation), or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.
tion 7201 creates two offenses: (a) the willful attempt to evade or defeat the assessment of a tax, and (b) the willful attempt to evade or defeat the payment of a tax. Sansone v. United States, 380 U.S. 343, 354 (1965). See also, United States v. Shoppert, 362 F.3d 451, 454 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 911 (2004); United States v. Mal, 942 F. 2d 682, 687-88 (9th Cir. 1991) (if a defendant transfers assets to prevent the I.R.S. from determining his true tax liability, he has attempted to evade assessment; if he does so after a tax liability has become due and owing, he has attempted to evade payment). [a] Evasion of assessment.
The most common attempt to evade or defeat a tax is the affirmative act of filing a false return that omits income and/or claims deductions to which the taxpayer is not entitled. The tax reported on the return is falsely understated and creates a deficiency. Consequently, such willful under reporting constitutes an attempt to evade or defeat tax by evading the correct assessment of the tax. [b] Evasion of payment.
Yes I was specific. You're just ignoring it.
specific. You're just ignoring it.
You are just a big fraud as trump and Lil Schitty......BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Can't fix deep seated stupid like you , ballz.......
What I find most amusing to you trump slurpers is that in your world, income for things given to employees like cars, apartments and tuition do not count as income because no one has ever been charged before!!!!! Petty pathetic even for you!!!!
Your general statement does not speak to the facts of the case. 100k per year for a company car? Really?? And he paid $1000/mo for that apartment. Did you even know that?
Like I said, you don't know what the hell you're talking about.
Minnesota(Thecoldheartedtruth)—Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene reported that there had been numerous sightings of Jewish space lasers across the United States today.
Greene said that the “increased Jewish-space-laser activity” was a matter of deep concern, although she was not certain of the lasers’ purpose.
“You’ll have to ask the Rothschilds that,” she said. “But it can’t be anything good.”
Complaining that the use of the Hebraic lasers had gone unchecked, she blasted the Biden Administration for its inaction on what she called “the No. 1 threat to our national security.”
“I don’t expect Sleepy Joe to do anything about it,” she said. “I guess we’ll have to wait until August when Donald Trump’s President again.”
Your general statement does not speak to the facts of the case. 100k per year for a company car?
BWAAAAAAAAA!!!! 1.7 million over 15 years is the case. of untaxed bennies.....I guess that's all right in dumb fuck ballz world!!!!...Try to keep up with reality instead of being just stupid!!!!!!!
The maximum permissible fine is $250,000 for individuals and $500,000 for corporations. 1-1.02 Generally [1] Two kinds of tax evasion. Section 7201 creates two offenses: (a) the willful attempt to evade or defeat the assessment of a tax, and (b) the willful attempt to evade or defeat the payment of a tax. Sansone v. United States, 380 U.S. 343, 354 (1965). See also, United States v. Shoppert, 362 F.3d 451, 454 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 911 (2004); United States v. Mal, 942 F. 2d 682, 687-88 (9th Cir. 1991) (if a defendant transfers assets to prevent the I.R.S. from determining his true tax liability, he has attempted to evade assessment; if he does so after a tax liability has become due and owing, he has attempted to evade payment). [a] Evasion of assessment.
The most common attempt to evade or defeat a tax is the affirmative act of filing a false return that omits income and/or claims deductions to which the taxpayer is not entitled. The tax reported on the return is falsely understated and creates a deficiency. Consequently, such willful under reporting constitutes an attempt to evade or defeat tax by evading the correct assessment of the tax. [b] Evasion of payment.
This offense generally occurs after the existence of a tax due and owing has been established (either by the taxpayer reporting the amount of tax or by the I.R.S. assessing the amount of tax deemed to be due and owing) and almost always involves an affirmative act of concealment of money or assets from which the tax could be paid. As discussed in Section 1-1.04 below, it is not essential that the I.R.S. have made a formal assessment of taxes owed and a demand for payment in order for tax evasion charges to be brought. Tax deficiency can arise by operation of law when there is a failure to file and the government later determines the tax liability. United States v. Daniel, 956 F.2d 540, 542 (6th Cir. 1992).”
In the current Republican party, Abraham Lincoln would be called a RINO.
Lincoln opposed nativism throughout his political career. He was an early and vocal critic of Know-Nothingism. In a letter to a friend in 1855, Lincoln declared, “When the Know-Nothings get control, [the Declaration of Independence] will read ‘all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.’” Lincoln made support of immigration, along with opposition to slavery, one of the themes of his losing campaign to replace incumbent Illinois Sen. Stephen Douglas. In one of his famous debates with Douglas in 1858,
Lincoln noted that the Declaration of Independence’s guarantee of freedom belonged to immigrants as much as to the native born: “They have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote that Declaration, and so they are.” When he sought the nomination of the newly formed Republican party, Lincoln supported inclusion of a plank in the party’s platform that pledged that naturalized citizens’ rights would not be abridged in any way and that their rights be protected both at home and abroad. In his first address to Congress after being elected president, Lincoln called for legislation to increase immigration, which resulted in subsequent passage of “An Act to Encourage Immigration.” Lincoln signed it into law on July 4, 1864.
In early 1861, as he traveled from Springfield to Washington for his inauguration, Lincoln summed up his views on immigration at a stop in Cincinnati where he spoke to a group of German-born Americans: “If there are any abroad who desire to make this the land of their adoption, it is not in my heart to throw aught in their way, to prevent them from coming to the United States.” If we really believe in the promise of America, we should take Lincoln’s words to heart. A great nation does not close itself off from the world. It welcomes those who will make it even greater.
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Unless you are a native American, you are an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants.
The current Republican party is afraid of being replaced!
16 years alleged, not 15. And what company car have you seen that shows $8000/mo benefit?? There isn't one. And he paid $1000/mo for thay apartment. You're an idiot.
So the ball less wonder finally realizes that trump was a systemic tax cheat. As to your car benefit number.....That is your made up delusion....I can't fix your stupid......BWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Huh??
You're making even less sense than usual. My last post still stands. $8000 per month car benefit? Never. The numbers don't add up. And he paid a grand per month for that apartment. He paid for it dumb fuck. And there's no precedent where s company was criminally charged for an employee's personal tax return, which was most likely prepared for him. This will be thrown out in a new York minute.
We don't call you dopey for nothing.
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!! 8k per month????? WTF are you making up????? The company was charged to cooking the books and not paying the federal taxes owed on compensation!!!!! At least you finally recognize the fraud involved but making up shit and opinion is all you got!!!!! Sad you claim to be educated but you post like a fucking moron.......LOLOLOLOL
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