US citizens NOT equal before the law

[jlauro]

FreeTalkLive said:

stof said:
What's the problem? He failed to file his tax return 3 years in a row! He owed what, 17 million dollars?

That is a major, MAJOR case of tax offense. The maximum sentence makes a lot of sense for such an offense regardless of who he is.

You don't understand how this stuff works. Millions of tax payers cheat on their taxes in the US. The IRS is not set-up to even mess with them so it lets most people slip though. Rich people have highly paid tax lawyers. They do deals with the government so big fines are bad and usually there is not even a trial. If there is a trial, it is often because the government is targeting someone.

They should find more targets.  It would help take the burden off those of us who don't cheat on our taxes!