Snipes gets 3 years in the slammer for not filing taxes

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Or a flight to a country without an extradition treaty.

if he had brains like Roman Polanski or Gary Fischer... he would have done that...

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
I'm sorry... but all those movies I say, I thought Wesley Snipes was in them... I guess he wasn't then?

you consider what Snipes did in these movies as acting?

[Lancer]

I pay my taxes but if I didn't I wouldn't expect public sympathy. I'd expect that all those who pay taxes would think alot less of me. Particularly if I sent the money out of the country to escape my obligation. Snipes is getting his due, and now I also think less of Denzel Washington, an actor who I really liked, unlike Snipes.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Originally posted by MarkG
you consider what Snipes did in these movies as acting?

What, you mean maybe did those things for reals?

*thinks about this*

In which case he'll be busting out of prison on his own pretty soon then

[-Jrabbit]

I watched "White Men Can't Jump" last night.
Snipes was pretty good IMHO.

[Krill]

I liked him in that as well tbh...

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Wittlich
Well there is the view that the IRS (and the taxes claimed because of that office) has never been passed into proper law by the US Government...

This law professor does a good job of utterly demolishing that nonsense:

http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/jsiegel/Personal/taxes/F2F.htm

[Darius871]

Originally posted by MarkG
you consider what Snipes did in these movies as acting?

Hey, at least in Rising Sun he wasn't some stereotypical action buff, Murder at 1600 too, both could be called "acting" even by your narrow definition. Hell, the guy was even in those chick-flicks Waiting to Exhale and One Night Stand which were as acting-ish as you can get, not that I've ever seen them or anything though. No really, I swear I haven't seen them...

[Garth Vader]

Originally posted by Lancer
I pay my taxes but if I didn't I wouldn't expect public sympathy. I'd expect that all those who pay taxes would think alot less of me. Particularly if I sent the money out of the country to escape my obligation. Snipes is getting his due, and now I also think less of Denzel Washington, an actor who I really liked, unlike Snipes.

If they really thought so much of Snipes maybe they will pay his tax bill for him so he doesn't have to go to jail.

[SlowwHand]

One thing's for sure; he isn't going to get one of those economy stimulus rebates.