Opportunity Zone Ponzi Promoter Sentenced To Four Years
It is over in the eyes of the law, Joshua Burrell pled guilty to a small subsection of the charges filed against him and is now going to prison due to his own actions. To me, a victim, I have relied on the filings with the court on this case to outline the story. I have learned of a capable and well loved Man who overcame substantial early family trauma and addiction to become a local legend. Only to throw away his achievements and talents due to a toxic combination of delusion and greed.
National Republican Senatorial Committee Calls Clergy Housing Benefit A Tax Dodge
This is not a case of someone stretching the law or finding a questionable loophole. Chastising Warnock for receiving a tax-free parsonage allowance would be equivalent to criticizing him for buying tax-exempt bonds or paying capital gains rates on his capital gains. It is not hypocrisy to advocate for higher taxes while taking full advantage of the existing provisions in the code.
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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.