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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCliven Bundy has stolen over $1,000,000 from us
Yet he walks free.
What a country.
Bundy owes the government more than all other ranchers combined
http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/cliven-bundy-hefty-bill#52097
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)He's a white terrorist, so nothing.
If he was a Muslim or a black man, he would have been killed in April of 2014.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)on all counts.
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)We go to such lengths to not use words like "muslim terrorist" here. Why do you think throwing out "white terrorist" is a good thing in general? For example, next time there is a boko haram raid and someone goes yelling "black muslims are kidnapping women by the hundreds!", its not like you can say "Leave race out of this, we are all humans, and they are a group of bad humans". So really... I don't get it. The moral high ground is kinda good to have on your side.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)but I won't shy away from calling Muslim Terrorists what they are any more than I wil shy away from calling these yahoos what they are, Radical Mormon Extremist Terrorists.
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)I have just read about a dozen posts from you throwing out "white terrorists" and wanting to escalate the situation. I haven't read any of your posts calling out "black terrorists" or "muslim terrorists"... hence my confusion. But if you do call them out as vigorously as you do the whitey's, then I give you credit for being consistant
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)And because they were basically on government subsidy, so now what do they do? he asked. They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And Ive often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didnt get no more freedom. They got less freedom.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/04/24/cliven-bundys-outrageous-comments-about-the-negro/
onecaliberal
(32,875 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,205 posts)Of course he's not counting the penalties, nor has he offered to pay the $300K he admits he owes. What an asshole.
LiberalArkie
(15,722 posts)people who have the money to hire lawyers to defend them in court. He was a retired IRS auditor. And being been counters they looked at how much they would get verses how much it would cost the IRS. Generally the decision was to go after poor people and just take their houses and stuff because it was cheaper to do.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,722 posts)So if someone owes a 1 million tax bill and they figure that it might cost 1.5 million to do it, they see it as not profitable.
I know one the bottom you will loose everything, on the top, nothing touches you (with good accountants and lawyers).