Rangel "Censured"

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

So let's just allow criminals to get away with crimes because it costs too much?

Why try Snipes and waste our tax dollars by putting him in jail for several years? Allow him to work out a payment plan too

In keeping with common sense, it would depend upon the crime.

If he was willing to pay the taxes he owes, your suggestion makes so much more sense than wasting money on... stupidity.


I thought Snipes refused to pay.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

In keeping with common sense, it would depend upon the crime.

If he was willing to pay the taxes he owes, your suggestion makes so much more sense than wasting money on... stupidity.


I thought Snipes refused to pay.

who would refuse to pay and spend 3 years in a federal prison?

[Truthseeker]

Originally Posted by Cindy

If he's so old that he's forgetting to pay taxes, does anyone really want him representing them, or hold office? What else has he forgotten?

Exactly, congressmen should be lead by example.

[Truthseeker]

"The House voted 333-79 to censure Rangel for failing to pay all his taxes, filing misleading financial statements, improperly seeking money from corporate interests for a college center bearing his name and setting up a campaign office in a subsidized, New York apartment designated for residential use."


Sure sounds like someone honest and trustworthy??

[sandie]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Yep.

All day.

I wonder how much was spent to determine that this guy didn't pay taxes? I guess the fact that he had already worked out an agreement with the IRS to pay what he owed confirms his guilt and makes all the thousands spent to dig this dirt up worth it.

How much did he and the IRS predetermine that he owed?

How much was spent for this stupidity?

The stupidity label would have to go to Rangel himself. He helped write tax laws for crying out loud. He is (not for much longer, PTL), the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.
Good grief, so becaue he's a democrat he shouldn't have to face any ethics charges?
You might be interested to learn he filed an ethics charge on himself, so where's the digging you're so concerned about?

[Light]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker

"The House voted 333-79 to censure Rangel for failing to pay all his taxes, filing misleading financial statements, improperly seeking money from corporate interests for a college center bearing his name and setting up a campaign office in a subsidized, New York apartment designated for residential use."


Sure sounds like someone honest and trustworthy??

Yea sounds like the hammer.

[sandie]

Originally Posted by Light

Yea sounds like the hammer.

If only Rangel was treated to such hypocrisy and a witch hunt like Delay, Americans wouldn't have to put up with having such a dishonest man still in congress.

[Truthseeker]

Folks are just bias whether by political party, financial status, race etc....I say if the are corrupt then they should be dealt with regardless of party, money or race.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker

Folks are just bias whether by political party, financial status, race etc....I say if the are corrupt then they should be dealt with regardless of party, money or race.

I agree with you.

Where we differ is probably in how they should be dealt with-- that is people in general.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by sandie

The stupidity label would have to go to Rangel himself.

Oh he is definitely NOT without blame. He did break the law.

The pursuit of him definitely has political underpinnings though.


My point is that the money probably spent investigating this "criminal" for the last two years is not worth it.