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alphabettsy
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Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/08/wesley-snipes-r...
esrauch
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A rich celebrity who paid zero taxes only getting 2 years seems to be confirming that white collar crime is largely unpunished, not a counterexample.
nitwit005
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If he'd paid a fine after they caught him, he wouldn't have gone to jail. He very openly refused to pay. He effectively went to jail for refusing to pay a fine.
cheez
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Black guy. Different thing. I've noticed that many of the scapegoats for the flash crash, and other similar things are not white.
MustardTiger
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
cheez
on Nov 27, 2016
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I think you're actually right. I looked up some stats.
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