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Who was the 2008 Taxpayer of the year?
We have neglected to run our traditional Taxpayer of the Year voting for 2008. In the interest of personal laziness, I will let you, the reader, help make the selection from my arbitrary slate of...
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Beale’s ‘common law court’ sentenced
Ever wonder whether you could beat a tax evasion rap via the simple expedient of kidnapping the judge until she agreed to drop the charges? It wouldn’t have occurred to me, but it seemed like a good...
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Can you believe it? Plotting to kidnap the judge doesn’t help you beat a tax...
Robert Beale hasn’t displayed impressive judgement in his tax life, but you have to give him credit for chutzpah. Mr. Beale started believing wacky tax protester arguments and stopped paying his taxes,...
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Misguided persistence
Minnesota entrepreneur Robert Beale blundered away the fortune he earned in the tech business when he drank deeply of tax-protester theory. He fled before his scheduled tax evasion trial; after his...
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Jimmy Hoffa, meet Robert Beale
Chicago politics maven Pejman notes that the whole “civility” thing isn’t catching on everywhere, pointing out this from Jimmy Hoffa Jr.: While warming up a Labor Day crowed in Detroit before a speech...
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