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Riehl on Snipes

So Wesley Snipes is going to jail for 3 years for not filing tax returns. Dan Riehl understands the implications:

But what’s perfectly clear in America today is one thing – you don’t screw with the tax man. Never let it be said that our government doesn’t know from whence its power springs.

It would be wise to consider that when debating hyper-regulative responses to issues like global warming and supporting politicians who love big government. It always comes with a price. And ultimately that price is freedom, just as much as it is dollars.

In relative terms, there will be little or no liberal hand-wringing over the Snipes conviction, which causes one to wonder if they really understand freedom at all. Snipes appears to be guilty, but he WAS striking Big Brother at its heart in a way few if any anti-war protesters ever do.

And the message is clear – Big Brother knows how to deal with threats to its collective heart when they really matter.

It’s all about the money, which is all about controlling your life.

Read Dan Riehl.

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2 Responses to “Riehl on Snipes”

  Da Goddess Says:
April 25th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

Of course, celebs who endanger the lives of others are merely slapped on the wrist. Seems totally fair.

  
  Kurt Keefner Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:16 pm

I’m sorry that Wesley Snipes is going to jail. We should ultimately abolish taxes and Mr. Snipes’s talent is going to go to waste behind bars. At the same time we should not make him into some sort of libertarian hero. Almost certainly he was not trying to strike a blow against Big Brother. Almost certainly he was either so disorganized/procratstinative that he just didn’t file his returns or he thought he could “get away with it” because he was a star. These are not admirable qualities and if they are what Mr. Snipes is like, then he is a bit of a fool.

BTW, the government is not Big Brother. It is democratic and largely based on the principle of individual rights. Its faults are huge, but so are its virtues. It’s time to climb off the libertarian high horse and do something constructive like change the culture. Start by working with your local school board to develop a better curriculum.

  
 

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