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Luminous Animal

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9. I am aware of many Democratic small business owners who are/were behind on their taxes.

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 10:27 PM

Jul 2013

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Negotiating with the IRS to: 1 ) reduce the burden of the penalities - it is the outrageous penalties that make it difficult to pay what's owed; and 2 ) hammering out a payment plan that is not punitive, is a tedious process but well worth it. The IRS can be quite reasonable once you've established that you were using your tax payment obligations to keep your business afloat rather than trying to avoid paying taxes. (They can and should be strict if they can establish that you purposely enriched your personal finances by avoiding your tax obligations.) Given that the IRS hasn't prosecuted Greenwald, the IRS must have concluded that his situation was the former not the latter.

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GG and Reader Funded Journalism [View all] Whisp Jul 2013 OP

And the Kochs, Heritage, etc. It's a great question. Did we ever find out who Jane Hamsher's..... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #1

Jane Hamsher... Whisp Jul 2013 #4

What happened to Hamster? flamingdem Jul 2013 #5

Here's something I found on Kos: Whisp Jul 2013 #6

She could use some funds flamingdem Jul 2013 #8

They are most definitely bosom buddies, along with Grover Norquist. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #49

I wonder how much money is rolling in from the Libertarians? Whisp Jul 2013 #2

What is this fear of libertarians? Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #32

They are hiding in the teabaggers. Whisp Jul 2013 #35

The teabagger"s time is over Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #37

Their polling negatives don't hold them back from the horrid things Whisp Jul 2013 #39

As a woman I am watching everything Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #40

Libertarian: Galraedia Jul 2013 #44

+++ Whisp Jul 2013 #45

Still, their numbers are very small in the scheme of things. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #46

K&R. n/t FSogol Jul 2013 #3

Meanwhile, he's acting like the internet isn't safe while promoting internet hackers to DevonRex Jul 2013 #7

I am aware of many Democratic small business owners who are/were behind on their taxes. Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #9

I have a rabid RW tea party family member who loves Snowden who owes DevonRex Jul 2013 #10

You stated that being behind on taxes is a right-wing thing and that is patently untrue. Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #17

They sure as hell hate and avoid paying taxes if they can. Patently True. nt DevonRex Jul 2013 #24

He did not run away from paying his taxes. Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #33

No. he said he's negotiating with the IRS. Unless he came up with a different story. nt DevonRex Jul 2013 #48

Part of the process. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #50

Yeah. Right. nt DevonRex Jul 2013 #51

MYOB! His finances are his own business! Scurrilous Jul 2013 #11

No, privacy is for the little people Union Scribe Jul 2013 #12

Wrong 'little people.' Scurrilous Jul 2013 #22

I wonder what the Guardian is thinking of this arrangment... Whisp Jul 2013 #13

As long as the hits to the website keep coming I'm sure they're happy. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #27

I thought the Guardian was a somewhat respectable source. Whisp Jul 2013 #28

The comment is free section is like the Hyde Park Speakers' Corner of opinion pages. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #31

No. Transparency is for governments. Privacy... Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #15

THIS life long loyal Liberal Democrat and advocate for our Constitutional Protections... bvar22 Jul 2013 #14

We will We will, soap you! Whisp Jul 2013 #26

When you find yourself on the wrong side of Mr Fish, bvar22 Jul 2013 #29

I like Mr Fish. Whisp Jul 2013 #30

Personally I like giant corporations to fund my news sources Fumesucker Jul 2013 #16

Oh but gossip is so much more fun! Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #18

How do you feel about S, EL, and EG? Are they engaging in creepy shit too? DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #19

is Skinner a journalist now? Whisp Jul 2013 #21

Cute. Rejected, but cute. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #23

LMAO, so they're not even paying the creep. ucrdem Jul 2013 #20

I read he has a trust fund flamingdem Jul 2013 #55

Personally, I think there should be Constitutionally-mandated requirements re- the Fourth Estate: snot Jul 2013 #25

Doubt if Ron Paul would be doing it as he needs money for his campaigns. That would be more Cleita Jul 2013 #34

what's creepy is the proliferation of smear campaigns on DU n/t Enrique Jul 2013 #36

yes, the smear campaigns against President Obama are intolerable. Whisp Jul 2013 #38

+1! nt sheshe2 Jul 2013 #41

K&R! nt sheshe2 Jul 2013 #42

creepy, indeed. That is one reason the only news source I trust is White House.gov. quinnox Jul 2013 #43

I get all my news from GE, Disney, Newscorp, TimeWarner, Viacom, and CBS. DesMoinesDem Jul 2013 #47

kick for Glenn 'ca-ching' Greenwalds version of the PTL club. n/t Whisp Jul 2013 #52

What the Guardian agreed to was that they wouldn't MineralMan Jul 2013 #53

in return GG is using the Guardian's respectability. Whisp Jul 2013 #54

Hard to say. Greenwald gets lots of clicks. MineralMan Jul 2013 #56

Isn't ALL journalism "reader funded"? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #57

actually I agree that it is. Whisp Jul 2013 #58