Evidence That Judge Did Not Call Kent Hovind’s Crimes Worse Than Rape
When the federal government prosecuted Young Earth Creationist Kent Hovind for actions he took while in prison to affect the title to property seized by the government as the result of his first conviction a vigorous social media campaign emerged in his defense. It’s flagship website is #FreeKent and the primary youtube channel is Rudy Davis’s LoneStar1776. Kent Hovind’s defenders constructed a narrative of a godly man who had not broken any laws being persecuted by altogether wicked people -judge, prosecutors and IRS agents- because he was so successful in exposing the lie of evolution, one of the key components of the Satanic plan to impose a New World Order.
One of the key elements in the narrative was the “worse than rape” statement which was taken as one of the proofs that Judge Margaret Casey Rodgers is altogether wicked.
Judicial Watch Reveals That They Read Tax Blogs At IRS
The weight of the “blockbuster documents” seems to support the notion that this was a case of tax geeks stepping on a land mine. The issue of whether the gift tax applies to 501(c)(4) contributions remains unresolved so one revenue agent in the exempt group making a referral to estates and gifts is hardly shocking. Whoever got the referral in estates and gifts, when they looked into the matter would find that there was strong support for raising the issue.
There was one email where someone was wondering how it had all happened and whether there needed to be controls over those type of referals to make sure everybody relevant knew what was going on. I suspect that Frank Wolpe who has written on the baleful effects of the IRS reorganization in the ninetites would attribute the problem to the silo style of management.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.