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randome

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15. Not buying it. You may be correct IF this happened exactly the way you say.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #14)

Sat Mar 22, 2014, 07:03 PM

Mar 2014

But Drudge's unhinged Tweets when asked about this -and his subsequent silence when he realized he was digging himself into a hole- is enough for me to believe TPM when they say he (probably) lied.

Also, he made an equal implication that he was paying as a business owner, not an individual. We can both cherry-pick whatever interpretation we want but my 'evidence' is the first paragraph of this post.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]If you don't give yourself the same benefit of a doubt you'd give anyone else, you're cheating someone.[/center][/font][hr]

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Matt Drudge has once again tried to humiliate the POTUs.. [View all] busterbrown Mar 2014 OP

The person who wrote that has no clue as to how to actually calculate the penalty for not having PoliticAverse Mar 2014 #1

Who cares? Thats not what it's about.. busterbrown Mar 2014 #2

He doesn't need to have health insurance, that's the fun part. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #3

Agree... but you can bet his motive is to get the conversation about Socialist Penalties going.. busterbrown Mar 2014 #6

Socialist penalties. I remember when conservatives used to JaneyVee Mar 2014 #8

Good Point...... Personal Responsibility means exactly that to these people... busterbrown Mar 2014 #16

And he flat out lied about paying anything at all. randome Mar 2014 #4

You've been corrected on this issue previously. PoliticAverse Mar 2014 #5

That's no correction. randome Mar 2014 #7

"the IRS is not even set up to accept penalty payments in this manner.". Of course they are. PoliticAverse Mar 2014 #10

Not according to TPM. randome Mar 2014 #11

The amount of the penalty has been published by the IRS already. Do you think they make it up PoliticAverse Mar 2014 #14

Not buying it. You may be correct IF this happened exactly the way you say. randome Mar 2014 #15

And what do you mean individuals must pay quarterly estimated taxes? Since when? randome Mar 2014 #9

You can read about estimated tax payment requirements here: PoliticAverse Mar 2014 #12

No one knows his filing status. And he won't say. randome Mar 2014 #13

Are you saying that Matt Drudge is being attacked unfairly here? busterbrown Mar 2014 #17

Matt Drudge is a poo-filled liar. AngryAmish Mar 2014 #19

This may be what covers his a$$: Keefer Mar 2014 #18