Charles Rangel:Avoids Prison-Wesley Snipes Goes To Prison: Justice Isn't Served

THE DOCTOR IS IN
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LAS VEGAS- Hello America, and how is the world treating you?

Lawmaker Charles Rangel,D-NY apologizes and pleads for mercy.The Ethics Committee only censured him. Wow! That's it?

Here's a man that skipped out on his taxes and failed to pay them for 17 YEARS. And this guy worked the tax Ways and Means committees in Washington D.C. for years yet he claims ignorance of the tax laws.

Rangel blubbers before the committee and pleads for mercy telling them he is not a corrupt politician but I submit that anyone that fails to pay their taxes for 17 years is a corrupt person. He shortchanged the IRS on rental income from a villa in the Dominican Republic and he also solicited donors for the Charles B. Rangel Center at City College, New York. Corrupt! You bet.

A 20 term politician like Rangel makes a good case for "term limits." These lawmakers go to Washington and most all fall into the deep, dark hole of corruption. If the lawmakers only had two terms that wouldn't allow them to become entrenched in the slime and sleaze that is prevalent in Washington.Changing politicians after two terms would bring new blood into the mix and allow Congress to move forward instead of constant gridlock.

My feeling is that when these Washington lawmakers commit a crime they should be punished and Rangel should have been expelled and sent to prison.

If you or I, or any person other than a member of Congress failed to pay our taxes for even ONE year the IRS would be all over us.They would seize and freeze bank accounts, salaries, and any assets until they got their money. It happens everyday across this country. BUT, a Washington lawmaker, a member of Congress - - guess what? A free pass.

A related case: Just reported by the (Associated Press) - Movie actor Wesley Snipes is ordered to surrender in his tax case. A federal judge said "time has come for the judgment to be enforced." Snipes was sentenced to spend (three years) in prison. The actor remained out of prison while appealing his conviction. Now he has to do the time. The 48 year old star was convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file his income tax returns. He was acquitted of two more serious felony charges.

So,let's recap: Snipes gets 3 years in prison for three misdemeanor counts of failure to file his income taxes and Rangle, a pampered politician, who failed be honest on his tax forms and lied to the IRS to evade taxes for SEVENTEEN YEARS skates away clean.

Snipes deserves to go to jail for his crimes. Rightly so. But, this corrupt lawmaker Rangle should have to abide by the same laws as the rest of us in the United States and he should have to spend time in prison also. And, if justice was fair, he would be sentenced to many more years in prison than Snipes.

It makes one wonder: If this guy has been failing to pay his taxes for SEVENTEEN YEARS and using monies to promote his own image and stature with his name on buildings, what else has he done that was possibly illegal while being a lawmaker for over 50 years?

The Washington establishment protects it's own and always will. The Ethics Committee proved that point once again. What illegal act does it take to give these guys or gals their walking papers or prison time? - And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.

Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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