Al Franken Implements Senator Harry Reid's "Voluntary" Taxation Strategy
By Jenn Sierra Posted in Al Franken | Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them | Minnesota | Taxes — Comments (4) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Last month, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) tried to convince Jan Helfeld that taxation is voluntary. Of course for high-powered Democrats like Harry Reid, details such as accurately disclosing one's income and property apparently is optional.
So, Al Franken, who is trying to get one of those U.S. Democratic Senate jobs (Minnesota) where taxation is "voluntary," yesterday announced that he has chosen to pay $70K in state income taxes to 17 states over the last five tax years. Why didn't he voluntarily do this before? Well, it's his accountant's fault, of course.
In the true spirit of today's Democratic Party, insiders are happy to report that a revelation of tax evasion by their candidate in 17 states has not significantly damaged his Senate campaign in Minnesota...they'll continue to watch the polls to determine whether he's fit to represent taxpayers in the United States Senate. A word of caution, however:
DFL insiders say Al Franken committed a huge blunder by not hiring an independent opposition researcher to see what dirt could be dug up on him before he launched his candidacy.
So, apparently, if you're a Democrat, taxation is voluntary, but you need to cover your financial tracks better if you're smack-dab in the middle of an election campaign.
Great post! I especially like the 'Voluntary Taxation Strategy' but I won't be trying it myself.
I'm certainly no fan of this bloated blowhard, nor do I buy his arguments about the whole thing being someone else's fault.
Having said that, I also think it is a shame that States can impose income taxes on people who are not residents of the state. Even though in this instance it is the states going after income gained from a totally non-productive enterprise (an Al Franken speech for crying out loud), they also go after legitimate companies providing goods and services outside of the company's home state. In some cases, simply sending a salesman into a territory constitutes a business nexus which then gives the state an opportunity to audit and tax your business in another state. And much like any other good scam, the lists of companies that 'roll over' to one state are shared with others.
Yeah, Franken is a gas bag and serves as another shining example for the Democrats, but the basis for his law-breaking is also evil.
Great post.
Al is imploding. Minnesota's primary isn't until September though. So no reason to get too giddy now. The MN Dems might wake up and replace him as their nominee. We don't want that.