An unjust law requires an unjust punishment
When a burglar breaks in your home, do you ask, “how much do you want?” Or if a thief were to extort money out of you would you ask him how much?” You might. The IRS generates income like a burglar or a thief, but the difference is that the IRS keeps coming back for more. The IRS kidnapped, jailed me and has turned me into their slave. I’m an entrepreneur, worked and saved money since I was 9. In 1980, I bought a house, in 1983, I bought my commercial building and my next house in 1986. I still own these properties. In 1993, my husband and I purchased the home we now occupy and bought land in 2005. I didn’t steal, borrow or receive money from the government. I paid off the property’s …show more content…
Based on exaggerated claims by the prosecutor, the jury returned a guilty verdict of filing a false tax return for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005. I claimed over 7 million of gross income on my taxes during those years. I didn’t claim 1.3 million of products I either lost money on or realized no profit. The D.O.J. treated that gross amount as profit and after changing the amount several times during the trial, the D.O.J. decided I owed $500,000. in additional income taxes. The I.R.S. couldn’t give a clear definition of the term gross income. The kind of cars we drove, our kids in private school, our home, (they showed an aerial photo of our house to the jury), even our home projector and screen was used to elicit envy. The prosecutor asked the judge, since Linda can afford it, it is clear see has a mass of wealth in assets, I ask to add interest to that figure of $200,000. The judge agreed and ordered me to pay an amount of over $717,000. as restitution, and also ordered me to serve a 3 year prison sentence. By law, once the judge orders restitution, it’s final. The D.O.J. or the I.R.S. may not negotiate the restitution to a lower rate. Judgements are exempt from
When a burglar breaks in your home, do you ask, “how much do you want?” Or if a thief were to extort money out of you would you ask him how much?” You might. The IRS generates income like a burglar or a thief, but the difference is that the IRS keeps coming back for more. The IRS kidnapped, jailed me and has turned me into their slave. I’m an entrepreneur, worked and saved money since I was 9. In 1980, I bought a house, in 1983, I bought my commercial building and my next house in 1986. I still own these properties. In 1993, my husband and I purchased the home we now occupy and bought land in 2005. I didn’t steal, borrow or receive money from the government. I paid off the property’s …show more content…
Based on exaggerated claims by the prosecutor, the jury returned a guilty verdict of filing a false tax return for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005. I claimed over 7 million of gross income on my taxes during those years. I didn’t claim 1.3 million of products I either lost money on or realized no profit. The D.O.J. treated that gross amount as profit and after changing the amount several times during the trial, the D.O.J. decided I owed $500,000. in additional income taxes. The I.R.S. couldn’t give a clear definition of the term gross income. The kind of cars we drove, our kids in private school, our home, (they showed an aerial photo of our house to the jury), even our home projector and screen was used to elicit envy. The prosecutor asked the judge, since Linda can afford it, it is clear see has a mass of wealth in assets, I ask to add interest to that figure of $200,000. The judge agreed and ordered me to pay an amount of over $717,000. as restitution, and also ordered me to serve a 3 year prison sentence. By law, once the judge orders restitution, it’s final. The D.O.J. or the I.R.S. may not negotiate the restitution to a lower rate. Judgements are exempt from