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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Justice Is Blind

Moonbat Leftie ``peace activist`` and St. Louisan Bill Ramsey brags to an audience about not having paid taxes in 33 years:


Instead of paying taxes, he said, he and others put an equivalent amount into a common pot. They fund causes they deem appropriate, such as food pantries.

"Most war-tax resisters believe it is right for a nation, a country, a government to collect taxes as long as it will be used for the common good," he said. "They just don't believe the Pentagon has anything to do with the common good."

Ramsey said it is rare for the federal government to prosecute war-tax resisters, especially those with little income.

"What happens if you don't pay your taxes?" he said. "The IRS would like us to think we go to prison. That is not what happens — for the most part.

"If you make $25,000 you are not a big fish in their pond," he said. "And they are not interested in long processes. The agents are paid bonuses for collecting money. Anything we do to string out the process generally deters them."

Ramsey has gone to prison once for not paying his taxes. Technically, it was for violating his parole.

When his former employer, the American Friends Service Committee, agreed to garnish his wages, Ramsey quit and started his own organization, the Human Rights Action Service.

"That way I would not have to put an employer between me and the IRS," he said



Considering the indictment of Tom Delay on bogus political charges, the question leaps into mind-why isn`t this guy in jail?

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