Illinois State Income Taxes Knowledge Base
Do I owe Illinois Department of Revenue money?? I just got a notification in the mail that my state tax forms were filed incorrectly. If I agree to the money due, I owe Illinois an additional $821.36 (which includes late payment and interest). But if I disagree, attach my W-2 as proof and send it in. However, I don't know if I'm right or wrong... My W-2 form has $739.34 in box 17, called State Income Tax. Does that mean I owe them that money or are they wrong in making that change? I don't understand taxes very well...there's gotta be a better system then this. Thanks for your answers!
Early pension distributions and state of Illinois taxes? I took an early pension distribution last year from a pension account from a former job. It was not rolled over to another account. I saved enough of the distribution to easily pay the penalty and taxes on my Federal return. I also held out 3% towards state tax in Illinois. TurboTax tells me that I do not owe any state tax on this distribution. (Actually, it tells me the distribution has been deducted for figuring my Illinois income tax return.) I live in Illinois. I am well under 50 years old, and do not and have not owned a business personally, if either of those are germane. I do have a job, and state income tax was withheld correctly for that job. Is TurboTax correct? I am looking for sourced answers, or answers from accountants or other tax professionals who can tell me where in the State of Illinois tax code is the basis of the answer. No best guessed answers, please.
Illinois state income tax refund - Free File?? Where can I E-File my Illinois state tax return online for free?? Everywhere I go the federal return is free but the state return costs $25.
Deduct State and Local Taxes for gasoline? I am going through my receipts for my 2007 tax filing. Instead of deducting my Illinois State Income Taxes on Schedule A, I am looking into deducting my State Sales taxes paid. I know that I can deduct the 6.5% (Kane County) for purchases (excluding groceries and gas) made in stores in my county and 1% for groceries, but what can I deduct for gasoline purchases? I know the price we pay at the pump includes taxes, but can I assume a state & local sales amount in my gas purchases?
Do I have to pay Illinois state tax if I am a Texas resident? I work from home in Texas for an Illinois-based company. I am employed and my company is withholding Illinois tax on my W2. I do all my work in Texas and never physically work within Illinois. Texas does not have any state income tax. I can't find any definitive information or publications that seems to be helpful. Thank you.
Why is my Illinois state income tax so much higher than my federal tax? I am using taxcut.com and doin' it myself (again...zzz) and for the past few years I've owed a lot more state tax than federal -- this year Illinois wants four times as much as federal! Am I doing something wrong here? This doesn't seem to add up. Any words of wisdom appreciated :)
in the state of illinois do you have to pay taxes on your unemployment benefits on state income tax?
Do I need to file a state income tax return if I moved from Illinois to Florida during the year? I lived in Illinois, and made about $100 in W-2 wages in January 2006. I permantely moved to Florida in February 2006. Do I need to file an IL state income tax return?
I need to file my 2006 Missouri income taxes. I live in the state of Missouri and my wife lives in Illinois? My wife has income in Illinois and my income is in Missouri. Which 2006 Missouri tax form should I use.
What states do not tax an Illinois pension as income as long as I move to that state? I have earned a pension in Illinois. What states can I move to and not have my pension taxed as income?
I live in Illinois but work in Missouri. Where do I file state income tax? I don't have to pay double the state taxes do I ?
How mucy should I put aside to pay income tax in Illinois? Hi, I am a Illinois resident and currently doing an internship in Florida. I will be here only for 13 weeks and my expected income from this internship is $9880. I also have other sources of income from Illinois, so my expected total income for this year will be around 45~50K. I heard that when I file an income tax report in Illinois, I will have to pay state income tax to Illinois for the Florida income portion, since Florida does not collect income tax. Out of the income of $9880, how much should I put aside? Thank you in advance for your answers.
If I live in Texas and did some work in Illinois, where do i pay state income tax to.? The corporate office is in Illinois
When filing Illinois taxes do I include income from other states (florida) or just income from Illinois? I am an Illinois resident but have been attending school out of state. So I have income from my job when I was in Illinois and then also from when I was in Florida. Do I need to file this income from Florida?
Does Pennsylvania collect state taxes on unemployment compensation? I am a contract engineer and a resident of Alabama. During 2007 I worked in, and paid Alabama and Illinois State taxes. I also collected unemployment compensation from the state of Pennsylvania in 2007 as I worked in Pennsylvania the previous year and paid into PA unemployment that year. I claim the unemployment income on my Federal Taxes. Since the only income I had from PA was unemployment income, firstly does Pennsylvania collect state taxes on unemployment income, and if NO, do I even need to file a state return with PA?
Never received income tax check from 7 or 8 years ago, how do I find it? Illinois? How do I collect my illinois state tax return from seven or eight years ago? I moved to a different address and I never received it. Can I still collect it?
Illinois State Tax return? I live in the state of Missouri, However, I work in the State of Illinois. I have earned income in both places. Do I need to file returns for both States?
are retired federal employees exempt from GA state income tax? I am a retired federal employee from Illinois who now resides in GA. I do not work so I do not have GA state income to report. Do I have to pay GA tax on my pension?
What do you think about the relevance about two facts that governor of illinois has made? Fact one. The average taxpayer in Illinois pays $1500 in state income taxes, not to mention ever rising property taxes. Fact two. 12,521 of the biggest corporations with sales of over $263 billion in Illinois, paid on average $151 in corporate income taxes.
Filing Federal and State Taxes. Husband and I claim different states? My husband and I file joint married for Federal Taxes. For state taxes I am an Illinois resident and my husband is a Florida resident and he is exempt because he is in the military. Would I file married single for state. I used Turbo tax to do my taxes and it included my husbands income and says that I owe. His income should not be included.
Do I file Iowa or Illinois State tax return? I just graduated from college in May and have my first full time job in Chicago. When I started my job on August 1, I did not have a permanent residence in Illinois yet. On my tax forms (W4) I used my dad's address in Iowa. I just received my last paycheck for the year and it had a summary of taxes taken out (not a W2 yet) It had listed Federal taxes paid and IOWA taxes paid. Since I am a full time resident of Illinois, do I need to file an Illinois return or file an Iowa return since that's where my income was reported to. My college was also in Illinois, so I have lived in Illinois the entire year except for 2 months during the summer.
Do I have to file for 2 state taxes? I bought a house in Indiana in '05. I work in Illinois. I have since been filing for IL and IN income tax. Last May I switched my license over to IL. I still have the house in IN but live and work in IL. Do I have to file for both IL and IN???
illinois state tax? hi, i got a w-2, i need to file a federal and state for illinois. but i went ofr state and it said federal income from line 37 on 1040, i dont got that all i got from my employer is a W-2
Got back wages from when I lived in a state with no income tax, but got state witholding now - what do I do? I used to work for Enron and they owed me a bunch of money from when I worked for them in Texas in 2001. They paid some of it to me in 2007 and now I live in Illinois, so they witheld IL income tax - is there any way for me to get that money back as the wages were earned in a state with no income tax?
how do you file sales and income tax for the states of Illinois, Kentucky and Iowa? ive gone online and searched for forms but its very confusing. thanks for all the help in advance
How do I pay State Income Taxes if I live and work abroad? Of which State am I a resident? I currently live in California. I have been here 5 years and I rent. I am starting a job with the State Department in the Fall and will move to DC for 6-18 months and then live/work abroad. I have no family ties in California. My family is in Illinois. How does this work??? Will I be a California resident even though I have no family or physical presence here? Will I be an Illinois resident? Will I be a DC resident (even though once I go abroad I will have no ties in the DC area)?
Individual Contractor. How do I do quarterly taxes? I just recently became an individual contractor. I'm married and we file jointly. I cannot for the life of me, after days of searching irs.gov, find what percentage of my income I should be withholding and if that percentage every month should be based solely on my income or on my income minus expenses. In addition, I live in Illinois where there is state income tax and have no idea what to do there either. Please help me!!! 30%. That seems like a lot. Should it be just 15% for just me. My wife works for somebody else and her taxes are taken out at that job. Thanks Judy. All I wanted was a percentage. I already looked at the 1040ES and it means absolutely nothing to me. That doesn't help.
Rockford Illinois or Lansing Michigan? Which city is a better city in which to live in. The two are somewhat similar, in population distribution, lack of economic growth/stability, income distribution. Illinois state income tax is similar to Michigan's. (NOT the same though) Michigan has no tax on food or medicine. I think Illinois still has 1 cent tax on food or medicine. Illinois public educational system is fair, but the Chicago, Elgin, and Rockford districts pull down the stats nearly every year. Michigan's public educational system is fair, but the Detroit, Lansing, Flint, and Ann Arbor districts pull dow the stats nearly every year. *I've lived in both states and am familiar with the cities I've listed* -----The additional information provided should be in no way construed as chatting. The information was provided to give additional background to my question.----
am i considered an illinois resident for admission purposes in the university of illinois? Am i considered an illinois resident for admission purposes in the University of Illinois? My parents file income tax in the state of Illinois I am registered as a resident under my aunt's address I am a US citizen I have a Illinois driver's licence and am a registered voter I do NOT live in the US. I live in Asia. I am planning on going to Illinois for university If i'm not an illinois resident, is there anything else i could obtain that would make me a resident? Thanks!
Full time College student, part time job, depend on parents, should I file taxes? I currently live in Chicago Illinois. I live in my parents house. I am 19. I currently go to college full time and have a part time job. I earned 3961.05 in 2008. Should I file taxes? What would be some advantages and disadvantages? Would I get anything in return? Federal Income Tax, ss, medicare, state income taxes were withheld from my taxes, will I get anything back?
Help! Income tax question? I have a question. Last year I made less money but recieved a large\r tax refund. Why is that so. This year i made 21,816. The Federal income tax that was taken out was 2340. The social security tax was 1300...medicare was 300, and illinois state income tax was 626. Why is it that i don't get back all of my federal??? I do not have any children to claim...and i did a mock tax return and it says all i'll get back is 800. I claim 0 allowaances throughout the year with the hope that i'll get more back at the end of the yr. however that does not seem to be the case. Please give me advice!
State and City Government Employees and Federal Taxes? As an employee of Illinois State University, my girlfriend did not have to pay Federal Income Tax. I'm about to start a job for the city but I was curious about the taxes. Can I still file a Federal Tax Return to get EIC or does the tax exclusion prevent me from filing? Please provide as many sources as you can.
how do you report on your taxes a college savings bond (IL) whose interest is tax exempt (from a 1099-b)? Of course, I want to make sure that the interest remains not taxable. I must not be filling something how because both taxcut and taxact simply put 2500 in the taxable interest field. Where is the part about tax exempt? extra points if you could tell me step by step , line number by line number what to put. details: in 1994, we bought a 'ST OF ILLINOIS COLL SVG BD ' for 2500 that had a maturity value of 5k. at maturity, in 2008, we cashed it in for 5k. http://www.state.il.us/budget/bonds.htm it said it was tax exempt - it still says this http://www.state.il.us/budget/bonds.htm#q2 What are the advantages of investing in Illinois College Savings Bonds? Interest on the College Savings Bonds is exempt from both federal and State of Illinois income taxes. i think i have my answer - it is to use line 8b on 1040. http://en.allexperts.com/q/Tax-Law-Questions-932/Form-1099-B-2.htm now i need to determine how to get taxact to do this. probably will be another ya question.
When States Lose Money they raise taxes to balance their budget, who shall I tax to balance my budget? State of Illinois is going to raise income tax by 50% to balance the budget, that puts a dent in my budget so what should I do?
How long do I have to file an Illinois amended individual income tax return to report a federal change? How long do I have to file an Illinois amended individual income tax return to report a federal change? Directions state that : If you are changing your Illinois return due to a change to your federal return, do not file this form until you receive notification that the IRS has accepted the changes. I am amending my 2003 taxes and i am told i have to do this within three years ?
Personal Income Tax Question: Nevada S Corporation but live in Illinois? I'm about to incorporate my (just started), online business as a Nevada S Corporation. I live in Illinois. I work full time. My money from my full time job funds my online company. Will I be able to write off my losses (if I lose money) on my IL state and federal taxes? Will Illinois recognize that my salary from my employer is helping to fund my online business or because the corporation is in Nevada and there are no income tax in Nevada, IL will not recognize that I am using my salary to buy merchandise to sell, pay for contractors, etc. for this online only (not brick and mortar) business. Thank you.
How do you file state taxes if you move? I moved from Arkansas to Illinois, I have income in Arkansas, but not in Illinois. Do I file state taxes in just Arkansas or is there something to file in Illinois even though I had no income there?
if i live and work in illinois but am paid my company in new york state how do i show this on my tax return? do i have to pay state income tax in ny rather than illinois?
Do I Have to File both a Michigan and Illinois Tax Return? I am an Illinois resident but I made most of my income in Michigan. My Michigan employer withheld state income tax. I have read about reciprocal agreements between the states, but am not sure what exactly it all means. Did my Michigan employer withhold Illinois Tax? Please help. Thank you
Question about Income Tax Returns in the State of Illinois??? I am 19 and I did my income taxes for the first time this year. I was told that income tax checks only come on Mondays and Saturdays, is this true? If not which days do they come on???
Illinois and Indiana cancelled income tax reciprocity agreement around 1997. Which state did what why? Links? I think Illinois canceled the agreement whereby residents living in one state but working in another would not have to file tax returns in both states. I am trying to find out the details and looking for any reference that would explain why they canceled and which state was responsible.
do i have to file city income tax for chicago? I am originally from Ohio and I'm pretty sure we had to file city, state and federal taxes individually. In Chicago though I don't know if I have to or not. I have filed federal and state but all of my searches online for city taxes have only turned up info for property taxes. I used to have my taxes prepared for me in Ohio but they don't know Illinois tax laws. I do not own a house or business either. Just wondering how the tax system works out here and whether federal and state is all I am required to file for.
I am self employed, living in Illinois and working in Illinois. All of my 1099s come from MO. In which state should I file my income taxes? My husband and I file joint. We did not pay estimated taxes to either state this year.
How to Report Rental Property Loss to Minimize Taxes Legally? I live in California and have a rental property in Illinois. 2008 is the first year I started the rental activity. I had a loss of $20K (including depreciation) but the allowed loss is only about $5K because of my gross income is close to the phase-out limit of $150K. I expect my gross income to decrease in 2009. I have the following questions regarding filing taxes: 1. Can I carry over the un-allowed loss to 2009? Is there a limit on the number of years carry-over can last? 2. Should I still claim depreciation for 2008 even if it doesn't increase the allowed loss? 3. If I don't claim depreciation for 2008, can I claim it for 2009? Will the next depreciation be the total of depreciation for 2008 (because I didn't claimed it) plus the depreciation for 2009 or will it just be the amount for 2009? In other words, is depreciation accumulative or use-it-or-lose-it? 4. Is it legal to report mortgage interest and property tax for the rental property on Schedule A instead of Schedule C? Because of the phase out limit, I am not able to deduct much from Schedule C. 5. When filing 2008 state returns, do I report the rental loss on my Illinois return or California return? Illinois has lower state income tax rate than California. I have 2008 W-2 income from my previous employer in Illinois so I have to file an Illinois return although I moved to California on 12/31/2007. 6. For 2009, I will not have any W-2 income from Illinois. But I pay property tax to Illinois because of the rental property. Do I still need to file Illinois state return?
Tax credits for volunteer firefighters in Illinois? Is there any tax credit for vollie firefighters in Illinois? I looked and could not find any thing, though another friend of mine told me there was an equipment allowance of $500.00 that you can file on your state income tax. Plus, he was pretty sure he filed last year and received a tax credit for merely being a vollie. Any ideas????
Do you live in Illinois? How do you feel about the proposed tax increase? Recently, the appointed Gov. Quinn proposed a state income tax hike of 50%. This is a man that was NOT elected Governor, and has made comments that he isn’t really interested in holding the office. There are plenty of elected officials that this has to get past that did get elected and are most likely still want their jobs. These are the people to put the pressure on. Even the ones that are not directly involved, and may not have a vote for or against. They are people. They know other people, and the can be annoyed and pressured to annoying and pressuring other people. Politics is a dirty game, and politicians must be played with no rules. It is my goal to reach as many people as possible, to fax, e-mail, write letters, make phone calls, and generally let every person with political power in the State that supporting this tax hike, or for that matter, not strongly opposing it, will cost them elections, donations, and support. Our government is meant to be For the People, By the People. The People should have the power to influence the Government, and it is high time that we let them know that we do have the ultimate power, and can knock them down from power. Much like the American people let Congress know exactly how we felt about giving Illegal Immigrants amnesty, forcing them to vote the measure down, we can do the same here in Illinois. There are only so many faxes that an office can handle. Only so many phone calls that interns and admins can take. E-mails, while easily ignored, do send a powerful message when sent in force, and enough people sending them over and over can slow down other processes. Letters are physical presences that demand attention, even if never replied to. Let’s do this People. We Are The People. We have the power, strength, and the force of will to stop this, and get our state back on track. Lets stop allowing the Government of the State of Illinois to make us a laughing stock. Let’s attack on all fronts. E-mails, faxes and phone calls can be easily sent to everyone that holds an office, from Quinn’s office on down. They can’t all ignore all of us. Let’s stop them from taking more of our hard earned money for useless and corrupt programs. Our many voices will cry far louder than any individual. Please, let’s do this together. Please e-mail me to join in stopping this obscene tax increase. Write me at rayb1214@gmail.com, and I will create a list of people to contact. I will supply names and contact info for every elected official that I can, send links to sites to contact them, and share my letters, as well as any replies. I also ask that you forward this to friends and family (but don’t spam any strangers), and ask them to do the same. The more voices crying to stop this, the more power we have. Please, let’s all join together, stop this from happening. We can stop this, or strip the power from anyone that allows it to happen. We can shake Springfield to the foundations, and make the necessary changes!
How far behind in child support do you have to be before they take your taxes? How far behind in child support in the state of illinois do you have to be until they take your income taxes? and will they take all of ur taxes or just what u owe back for the child support?
Will they take from my federal or state refund? I owe a few hundred dollars from my state taxes from filing year 2006. I already know there is an offset in place. My question is this... I filed my federal income tax first, then about a week later I filed my state income tax. Which will they take the money that I owe from...federal or state? And how long does this typically delay your return? I live in Illinois...don't know if that makes a difference as far as delays. Thanks! I guess I am wondering what you mean by "possibly both" I am getting a refund from both state and federal that exceeds what I owe from filing year 2006.
Do I owe Illinois Department of Revenue money??? I just got a notification in the mail that my state tax forms were filed incorrectly. If I agree to the money due, I owe Illinois an additional $821.36 (which includes late payment and interest). But if I disagree, attach my W-2 as proof and send it in. However, I don't know if I'm right or wrong... My W-2 form has $739.34 in box 17, called State Income Tax. Does that mean I owe them that money or are they wrong in making that change? I don't understand taxes very well...there's gotta be a better system then this. Thanks for your answers!
How long do I have to file an Illinois amended individual income tax return to report a federal change? Directions state that : If you are changing your Illinois return due to a change to your federal return, do not file this form until you receive notification that the IRS has accepted the changes. I am amending my 2003 taxes and i am told i have to do this within three years ?
Is this True ? ......No Tax...on Wages ? American Citizen's, living and working in the 50 states have no liability to pay federal income taxes and no liability to pay state income taxes, since the Constitution of the United States of America clearly does not allow for a DIRECT, UNAPPORTIONED TAX on Citizen's property or on the fruit of their labors. The recent case in Illinois, United States v. Robert Lawrence highlighted the fraudulent 1040, which does not contain a valid OMB number. The govt asked for the case to be dismissed, because Lawrence's atty intended to expose the fraud and the government was smart enough to realize that this would also expose the Constitutional tort existent because the income tax is a direct unapportioned tax.. The 16th Amendment does not change Constitutional taxation, because it is limited to the word “income”, which is not redefined in this amendment. Here the term “income” means that on which an excise tax can be levied. “Income” does not refer to earnings for work. This was confirmed by at least 8 Supreme Court rulings, and has never been overturned. The 16th Amendment does not repeal the Constitution’s principles of taxation. The 16th Amendment granted Congress no new powers of taxation. This amendment is a statement about excise taxes, and certainly does not allow for a new direct tax on earnings for work. Income is not specifically defined in the IRS Manuals nor is it defined in the IRS Code. Congress did not define it. Income has always been defined by the Courts as to exclude wages. TAX LAW ORIGINS AND AUTHORITY Congress has had power to lay and collect income taxes from the time of the adoption of the Constitution, (Brushaber v. Union Pacific R.R. Co., [N.Y. 1916] 36 S.Ct. 236, 240 US 1). This power was subject to the requirement that direct taxes be apportioned among the several states according to population (Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust Co., [N.Y. 1895] 125 S.Ct. 673, 157 US 429). The adoption of the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution (effective Feb. 25, 1913) giving Congress power to: "Lay and collect taxes on income, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration" Evens v. Gore, [Ky 1920] 40 S.Ct. 550, 253 U.S. 245, Kasey v. C.I.R., [C.A. 91972] 457 F2d 369, Cert. denied 93 S.Ct. 197, 409 U.S. 869 It did not limit or expand the power of Congress to tax under the constitutional provisions authorizing Congress to lay and collect taxes but instead merely provided for taxation of income without apportionment (Brushaber v. Union Pacific R.R. Co., [N.Y. 1916] 36 S.Ct. 236, 240 U.S. 1, 60 L.Ed. 493; Simmons v. U.S., [CA Md 1962] 308 F2d 160). The Brushaber court ruled that the 16th Amendment separated the source (capital) from the income (profit) permitting the collection of an indirect (excise) tax on income, but leaving the source (wages, salary, compensation, fees for service, first time commissions and capital) untouched and free of tax. If these things were to be taxed, it could only be construed as a direct tax, unquestionably in violation of the Constitution, making the entire tax in income void. There still remains the question as to what is constitutionally allowable as "income" which can be taxed, as Congress is not constitutionally free to define "income" in any way it chooses (Simpson v. U.S., [D.C. Iowa 1976] 423 F.Supp. 720, reversed on other grounds, Prescott v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, [C.A.] 561 F2d 1287). Further, the labels used do not determine the extent of the taxing power (Simmons v. U.S., [C.A. Md. 1962] 308 F2d 160; Richardson v. U.S., [C.A. Mich. 1961] 294 F2d 593, cert. denied 82 S.Ct. 640, 360 U.S. 802, 7 L.Ed.2d. 549). To reiterate; the tax authorized under the original U.S. Constitution has not changed except as to separate the source of "income" from the income itself permitting the collection of an indirect (excise) tax on income by leaving the source (wages, salaries, fees for service, and first time commissions) free of tax (Brushaber, supra.) despite how some politicians interpret the 16th Amendment. NOTE: The Brushaber court referred to an earlier case, Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust Co., 158 U.S. 601 [1895] which declared the Income Tax Act of 1894 unconstitutional, as it's effect would have been to leave the burden of the tax to be born by professions, trades, employments, or vocations; and in that way, what was intended as a tax on capital would remain, in substance, a tax on occupations and labor. This result, the court held, could NOT have been contemplated by Congress. Since the general term: "income" is not defined in the Internal Revenue Code, (U.S. v. Ballard, [1976] 535 F2d 400) and the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Congress may not, by any definition it may adopt, conclude the matter, since it cannot by legislation alter the Constitution, from which alone it derives it's power to legislate, and within whose limitations alone, that power can be lawfully exercised (Eisner v. Macomber, [1920] 252 U.S. 1889). Since the Rules contained in the I.R.S. Manual, even if codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, do not have the force and effect of law (U.S. v. Horne, [C.A. Me. 1983] 714 F2d 206) and the power to promulgate regulations does not include the power to broaden or narrow the meaning of statutory provisions beyond what Congress intended (Abbot, Procter & Paine v. U.S., [1965] 344 F2d 333, 170 Cl.Ct. 408) and regulations cannot do what Congress itself is without power to do; they must conform to the Constitution (C.I.R. v. Van Vorst, [C.C.A. 1932] 59 F2d 677). Since the ultimate Appellate Court is the U.S. Supreme Court, we must look to that Court for a definite answer on the question of conformance and affirmation that Wages are not classified as income which can be taxed. The Court has recognized that: "... It becomes essential to distinguish between what is, and what is not `income' ..." Eisner v. Macomber, [1920] 252 U.S. 189 and determined that: "... `income' as used in the statute should be given a meaning so as not to include everything that comes in, the true function of the words `gains' and `profits' is to limit the meaning of the word `income'" (So. Pacific v. Lowe, 238 F. 847); (U.S. Dist. Ct. S.D. N.Y. 1917); (247 U.S. 30 [1918]) The Court determined that: "... the definition of income approved by the Court is: `The gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined, provided it be understood to include profits gained through sale or conversion of capital assets.'" Eisner, supra. "Income within the meaning of the 16th Amendment and the Revenue Act means, gain ... and in such connection gain means profit ... proceeding from property severed from capital, however invested or employed and coming in, received or drawn by the taxpayer for his separate use, benefit and disposal" Staples v. U.S., 21 F.Supp. 737, (U.S. Dist. Ct. EDPA, 1937) In the case of Lucas v. Earl, [1930] 281 U.S. 111, the U.S. Supreme Court stated unambiguously that: "The claim that salaries, wages and compensation for personal services are to be taxed as an entirety and therefore must be returned by the individual who has performed the services which produced the gain is without support either in the language of the Act or in the decisions of the courts construing it. Not only this, but it is directly opposed to provisions of the Act and to regulations of the U.S. Treasury Dept. which either prescribe or permit that compensation for personal services be not taxed as an entirety and be not returned by the individual performing the services. It is to be noted that by the language of the Act it is not salaries, wages or compensation for personal services that are to be included in gross income. That which is to be included is gains, profits and income DERIVED from salaries, wages or compensation for personal service." [Emphasis added] The Court ruled similarly in Goodrich v. Edwards, [1921] 255 U.S. 527 and in 1969, the Court ruled in Conner v. U.S., 303 F.Supp. 1187, that: "Whatever may constitute income, therefore must have the essential feature of gain to the recipient. This was true when the 16th Amendment became effective, it was true at the time of Eisner v. Macomber, supra, it was true under sect. 22(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1938, and it is likewise true under sect. 61(a) of the I.R.S. Code of 1954. If there is not gain, there is not income .... Congress has taxed INCOME and not compensation." "... one does not derive income by rendering services and charging for them." Edwards v. Keith, [1916] 231 F. 111 Even at the state level, we find courts following the lead of the U.S. Supreme Court: "There is a clear distinction between profit and wages or compensation for labor. Compensation for labor cannot be regarded as profit within the meaning of the law." Oliver v. Halstead, [1955] 196 Va. 992, 86 S.E.2d 858 and: "Reasonable compensation for labor or services rendered in not profit." Lauderdale Cemetery Assoc. v. Matthews, 345 Pa. 239, 47 A.2d. 277, 280 [1946] Since the above cases are the undisputable law with respect to what is or is not income, we find the word "income" does not mean all monies that come into the possession of an individual, but profit or gain FROM the money one takes in, such as interest, stock dividends, profit from an employee's labors, but not from an individual's wages, which are compensation for his labor. This means that the average person in America, who has no large investments or riches upon which he receives interest, dividends, etc., in excess of the amounts listed above (1992) but merely works for wages, has income insufficient in amount to be required to file a tax return. .
Income tax query regarding PA and IL? Hi, I would really appreciate if you could help me with my tax situation. I am an IT consultant/contractor and my employer is based in Schamburg, Illinois. Since I am a contractor I am working at a client location in Lansdale PA. For the full year of 2006 I lived and maintained residence in PA only. My taxes were deducted from my paychecks for the state of Illinois only. Now when I am filing my returns, since I am a full year resident of PA, I owe taxes to PA. Questions 1: Can I get a full refund from Illinois?? Even though I was employed by a company there, I didn't maintain a residence there or live there. I was told that there is no reciprocal agreement between IL and PA and hence I cant get a refund from IL and have to pay taxes to PA as well. I am not sure if this is true. Why should I pay taxes to both the states? Can you please help or provide any advice?? Thanks. Ash.
Is my pension considered a seperate item of income that cannot be used to determine additonal taxes on S.S.? the IRS in Texas- a community property state.it appears they are applying their guidelines for marital property by insisting that my pension be calculated with my husbands social security,His own pension and wages to determine if HIS social security benefits are further taxable.According to publication 555,pages 2,3,4 benefits are taxable to the person whose NAME it is or OWNED by. I take this to mean;HIS social security benefits,His wages and HisPension determines whether His social security benefits are further taxable. I don't receive social security. I receive a Pension in my NAME which is taxable to me and is not community property for tax purposes just because we share [the same reporting line] on form 1040,16b, and because of where we are domiciled.Being married and filing a joint return in the state of Illinois{non-community proprty state][ permits me to make this adjustment because the social security is not taxable to me. only if spouses totaled income exceeds the limit ..? Back with good news for me but bad for all of us. ..Just to let you know, found a tax article and got out my copy of the U.S. constitution. to confirm what i thought i had read..... I DID! typed in: www.agenturus.org/IRSFraud.htm after studying this article ,especially pg#27 SUBTITLE C, employment taxes,,,,where within hides subtitle A for which the IRS was trying to collect from us on...? Didn't apply to us.! My worst suspicions were confirmed. Many of us are being lied to. I did locate under the (codes of federal registry the information i was looking for and complained to our congressman. Now I am wondering if the IRS is being used as a possible "vehicle" by which to fund the war. PLEASE read this article, "So ,you want to know the truth about America's tax laws and tax system " Thanks again to all of you for your help but now we all are going to have to figure out what to do with this IRS mess
my income tax refund was used to pay towards my husbands child support is this the new illinois law now? we have been married 6 yrs. i always file injured spouse he doesnt work but we file jointly.the illinos dept. of revenue sent me a letter of offset stating my refund is to go to his back child support payments, now naturally no one at 1 800-732-8866 knows anything. is there an injured spouse for Ill. or am i going to be paying for grown children i don't know?
Taxes for a sole proprietor? I live in Illinois. I have an EIN number but I will never have employees. I have an IBT number (Illinois sale tax number). As you know, I need this number to buy items from legitimate drop shippers. Then, I will sell the items I bought through the drop shippers, on eBay. That is it. I have three simple questions. What form do I fill out to pay my taxes? (https://www.revenue.state.il.us/app/stii/ - is this it?) What is the tax percentage that I deduct from my income? How often do I need to fill out the form and/or how much do I need to make to fill out the form? I got some IRS letters and info, but they are no help. They are quite alien. I am aware that I should get a tax accountant, but I am much to busy for that (I barely had time to write this). I think these questions are simple enough anyway. Yes, I am planning to make all of my income through eBay. I am also looking into this website: http://www.revenue.state.il.us/Businesses/index.htm-- so don’t you think I am not doing any work ; ). Thank you all!
Are you aware there is no law to support being forced to pay taxes? DOJ Dismisses Felony Tax Prosecution -- With Prejudice -- After PRA Defense Raised Evidence OMB Complicit In Income Tax Fraud DOJ & IRS Petitioned To Explain On May 12, 2006 in Peoria, Illinois, the attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) begged the court to dismiss all charges against IRS victim Robert Lawrence in federal District Court. The motion for dismissal came on the heels of a surprise tactic by Lawrence’s defense attorney Oscar Stilley. The tactic threatened exposure of IRS’s on-going efforts to defraud the public. The move put DOJ attorneys in a state of panic that left them with only one alternative: beg for dismissal, with prejudice. Stilley’s tactic paid off. Sixty days earlier, the DOJ had indicted Lawrence on three counts of willful failure to file a 1040 form, and three felony counts of income tax evasion. The federal Judge dismissed all charges with prejudice, meaning the DOJ cannot charge Lawrence with those crimes again. READ THE ENTIRE STORY HERE http://www.givemeliberty.org/RTP2/UPDATES/Update2006-06-09.htm Also do yourself a favor and watch this movie. Stop being "sheeple" and learn how to be Americans again http://www.freedomtofascism.com/ patrickmcc55 DID YOU EVEN READ THE DETAILS OF THIS POST???? May 12, 2006 <<<<< This just happened The courts found in favor of someone refusing to pay taxes. And the reasoning behind this because he promised to bring to light the fact that it is illegal for them to ask us to pay taxes.
Illinois Democrat Govenor proposes 20% tax reduction on business to stimulate economy, whats up? Aside form the capital spending provisions - claimed to support more than 700,000 jobs in the state - the governor's stimulus package also includes a $300 per child tax credit for Illinois taxpayers and a 20 percent tax cut for businesses that paid corporate income tax in 2007. http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2008/03/11/news/local/1030734.txt
How screwed am I when I do my taxes? Any advice? I live in Illinois and work in Missouri, and my employer didn't withhold ANY state taxes throughout 2007 (even though I specifically requested the deduction several times). As of my last check, my gross pay is about $25,000 and my federal withholdings are about $3,000. (I have a much better job starting in January.) Unfortunately, as I am under 25 and don't have any children, I don't qualify for any earned income credits or child tax credits. I have, however, paid well over $2,500 in student loan interest throughout the year and purchased a home in May. What will I owe for state and federal taxes, and are there any tax credits that I could qualify for?
Your opinion Congressional study shows illegal immigrants sap tax dollars ? A study by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office released Tuesday backs up the view that undocumented immigrants sap more tax dollars than they provide, especially in education, health care and law enforcement. The study pulled together reports from the past five years, using data from sources including the Pew Hispanic Center, the Rand Corp., the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and various universities. The Congressional study also incorporated facts from states, including Arizona, but its authors acknowledged there was no aggregate estimate that could be applied to the entire country. The report says that in 1990, 90 percent of undocumented immigrants primarily were in six states: California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas. By 2004, undocumented immigrants had increased tenfold in other states, most notably Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee, according to statistics from the Pew Hispanic Center. The report estimates there are 12 million undocumented immigrants nationwide. Of those, 60 percent are uninsured and 50 percent of the children are uninsured. Again using 2004 statistics from the Pew Hispanic Center the average income of undocumented immigrants was $27,400 while Americans earned $47,800. The difference puts undocumented immigrants in a lower tax bracket, thus reducing the amount of federal and state income taxes generated. The study also showed that while undocumented workers represented just 5 percent of state and federal service costs, their tax revenue did not offset the amount spent by government. The authors of the study stated that, "the general consensus is that unauthorized immigrants impose a net cost on state and local budgets. However, no agreement exists as to the size of, or even the best way of measuring, that cost at a national level." In education, which the study notes is the largest single expenditure http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/12/17/daily19.html
Do I fill out income tax or not? I wanted to start a self-employed, small eBay business. In order to buy items from wholesalers I needed a sales tax ID number. So I got my IBT number (Illinois Business Tax number). Consequently, I have to fill out a ‘sales tax’ form every month, but I don’t have to pay anything since I haven’t sold anything yet (I know you only pay this tax whenever you sell to someone in your state). Also, I have to worry about income tax, and income tax is what I am concerned about. Currently, I am unemployed, and I have not started the eBay business yet. Therefore, I’ve made no income through eBay/IBT number. Since I am a self-employed ‘ebayer’ and have made no income, what am I to do about my IL-1040, income tax? Do I simply just not fill out the form?
self-employment and taxes? I plan to be a self-employed ‘eBayer’. I want to buy items from drop shippers and sell those items on eBay. In order to buy items from drop shippers I needed a ‘sales tax id number’. So I got my IBT number (Illinois Business Tax number). Now that I have this IBT number, I know that I have to pay sales tax whenever I sell an item to someone in my state, and I know I have to pay income tax yearly, if I make more than 400 dollars. I just want to make sure of this: For someone in my situation, I only have to worry about sales tax and income tax, right? There are no other taxes I have to pay, right?
State Tax question? I e-filed my federal and ohio state tax already. But I worked in illinois for 3-4 months and had income there. I never established residency and filing it under non-resident. My problem is that I can't e-file illinois state return because it's my first time filing and you must mail it in. I think from what i gathered I need a IT1040 and a scheduling R form or something. I was told that over the phone, but it was hard to understand her. So I may be ocmpletely wrong. Does anyone know what forms I need and where I can print them.
Self employed cab driver tax filing, which forms I use to file online? Which file I use to file online both federal and state income tax? I am in Illinois. I am trying to file myself online. Mine has no employees or no employer as the job itself is a self employed taxi driver. is that something called schedule C? I have no clue. Thanks which website i use to file easily? I have never done it myself online before.
How to claim residency in Illinois? I'm U.S citizen and I go to public college in Illinois, however, my family doesn't live in U.S so I live in Illinois by myself. I currently don't have any residency in any of the states. However, to reduce my tuituion, I need to claim residency in illinois and I don't know how to do it. I am a registered voter in illinois, I do have illinois driver license, my car is registered in illinois DMV, etc. However, I heard, to claim residency in Illinois, I need to pay income tax. Since I'm a college student, I don't earn any money. However, during this summer, I worked in california and earned about 7000 dollars. Is it possible to pay income tax to Illinois even though I earned money from other states? Please help me out on claiming resideny in illinois by giving exact directions on how to do it. (by the way I'm 21) Thank you.
1099-MISC income for Indiana non-resident? I am a resident of Illinois but earned income as a consultant in Indiana. I have received a 1099-MISC from my Indiana employer. Do I have to pay Indiana state taxes on that income?
for those of you who think Obama has accomplish nothing? Obama passed legislation with Republican Senator Jim Talent to give gas stations a tax credit for installing E85 ethanol refueling pumps. The tax credit covers 30 percent of the costs of switching one or more traditional petroleum pumps to E85, which is an 85 percent ethanol/15 percent gasoline blend. -After a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases. -His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government by allowing every American to go online and see how and where every dime of their tax dollars is spent. -Obama created the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income working families in 2000 and successfully sponsored a measure to make the credit permanent in 2003. The law offered about $105 million in tax relief over three years. -Obama joined forces with former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL) to pass the toughest campaign finance law in Illinois history. The legislation banned the personal use of campaign money by Illinois legislators and banned gifts from lobbyists. Before the law was passed, one organization ranked Illinois worst among 50 states for its campaign finance regulations. -As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan. -He traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world. -Obama has been a leading advocate for protecting the right to vote, helping to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act and leading the opposition against discriminatory barriers to voting. - In the U.S. Senate, Obama introduced the STOP FRAUD Act to increase penalties for mortgage fraud and provide more protections for low-income homebuyers, well before the current subprime crisis began. -Obama sponsored legislation to combat predatory payday loans, and he also was credited with lobbied the state to more closely regulate some of the most egregious predatory lending practices. -Barack Obama introduced the Patriot Employer Act of 2007 to provide a tax credit to companies that maintain or increase the number of full-time workers in America relative to those outside the US; maintain their corporate headquarters in America; pay decent wages; prepare workers for retirement; provide health insurance; and support employees who serve in the military. -Obama worked to pass a number of laws in Illinois and Washington to improve the health of women. His accomplishments include creating a task force on cervical cancer, providing greater access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, and helping improve prenatal and premature birth services. -Obama has introduced and helped pass bipartisan legislation to limit the abuse of no-bid federal contracts. -Obama and Senator Feingold (D-WI) took on both parties and proposed ethics legislation that was described as the "gold standard" for reform. It was because of their leadership that ending subsidized corporate jet travel, mandating disclosure of lobbyists' bundling of contributions, and enacting strong new restrictions of lobbyist-sponsored trips became part of the final ethics bill that was signed into law. I really could list many, many more but I fear it would be too much to take in at one time. I hope this helps some of you know him a little better. Everyone seems to be jumping on his "Change" bandwagon. However, he does have the record to back it up. haha..i know jonathan..just spreading the message..u know
Why do people say Obama has no experience ? During his eight years in the Illinois state Senate, Obama worked with both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. Obama also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education, and after a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama enlisted the support of law enforcement officials to draft legislation requiring the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases. Barack Obama has dedicated his life to public service as a community organizer, civil rights attorney, and leader in the Illinois state Senate. Obama now continues his fight for working families following his recent election to the United States Senate. http://obama.senate.gov/about/
I need help with my w-4 tax form? I am a single mother of two, I've always filed as Head of Household and had no issues filing that way in the past, however I moved from Illinois to California and am noticing that there is no Federal and State income taxes being deducted from my pay. Two other women at my company have also noticed this and I've since called our payroll dept to get this straightened out. When I began working for my company and filled out my w-4, I did notice that the amount I was claiming seemed a lot to me, but that was the way it all added up.. UGH! This is so frustrating because I've never had issues filling out my tax forms before, PLEASE HELP!!!
Am i considered an illinois resident for admission purposes in the University of Illinois? My parents file income tax in the state of Illinois I am registered as a resident under my aunt's address I am a US citizen I have a Illinois driver's licence and am a registered voter I do NOT live in the US. I live in Asia. I am planning on going to Illinois for university If i'm not an illinois resident, is there anything else i could obtain that would make me a resident? Thanks!
Barack Obama DROPS TAXES!!!!? Barack Obama's Plan Support Working Families Provide a "Making Work Pay Tax Cut" for America's Working Families: American people work longer and harder than those in any other wealthy nation in the world. But their hours are getting longer and their wages aren't getting any higher. In addition they are being squeezed by rising health care, education and energy costs. Rather than relieving the burden on working families, the current administration has provided tax cut after tax cut to the wealthiest Americans and enacted tax breaks for the most well-connected corporations. Barack Obama will restore fairness to the tax code and provide 150 million workers the tax relief they deserve. Obama will create a new "Making Work Pay" tax credit of up to $500 per person, or $1,000 per working family. This refundable income tax credit will provide direct relief to American families who face the regressive payroll tax system. It will offset the payroll tax on the first $8,100 of their earnings while still preserving the important principle of a dedicated revenue source for Social Security. The "Making Work Pay" tax credit will completely eliminate income taxes for 10 million Americans. The tax credit will also provide relief to self-employed small business owners who struggle to pay both the employee and employer portion of the payroll tax. The "Making Work Pay" tax credit offsets some of this self-employment tax as well. Provide a Living Wage: Barack Obama believes that people who work full time should not live in poverty. Before the Democrats took back Congress, the minimum wage had not changed in 10 years. Even though the minimum wage will rise to $7.25 an hour by 2009, the minimum wage's real purchasing power will still be below what it was in 1968. As president, Obama would further raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit to make sure that full-time workers can earn a living wage that allows them to raise their families and pay for basic needs such as food, transportation, and housing -- things so many people take for granted. Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit: In both the Illinois State Senate and the U.S. Senate, Obama has championed efforts to expand the EITC, which is one of the most successful anti-poverty programs to date. As president, Obama will reward work by increasing the number of working parents eligible for EITC benefits, increasing the benefit available to parents who support their children through child support payments, and reducing the EITC marriage penalty which hurts low-income families. Under the Obama plan, full-time workers making minimum wage would get an EITC benefit up to $555, more than three times greater than the $175 benefit they get today. If the workers are responsibly supporting their children on child support, the Obama plan would give those workers a benefit of $1,110. Expand Paid Sick Days: Half of all private sector workers have no paid sick days and the problem is worse for employees in low-paying jobs, where less than a quarter receive any paid sick days. Barack Obama will require that employers provide seven paid sick days per year. Expand the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): The FMLA covers only certain employees of employers with 50 or more employees. Barack Obama will expand the FMLA to cover businesses with 25 or more employees. Barack Obama will expand the FMLA to cover more purposes as well, including allowing workers to take leave for elder care needs; allowing parents up to 24 hours of leave each year to participate in their children's academic activities at school; allowing leave to be taken for purposes of caring for individuals who reside in their home for 6 months or more; and expanding FMLA to cover leave for employees to address domestic violence and sexual assault. Encourage States to Adopt Paid Leave: As president, Barack Obama will initiate a 50 state strategy to encourage all of the states to adopt paid-leave systems. Obama will provide a $1.5 billion fund to assist states with start-up costs and to help states offset the costs for employees and employers. Expand High-Quality Afterschool Opportunities: Barack Obama will double funding for the main federal support for afterschool programs, the 21st Century Learning Centers program, to serve one million more children. Obama will include measures to maximize performance and effectiveness across grantees nationwide. Expand the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit: The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit provides too little relief to families that struggle to afford child care expenses. Barack Obama will reform the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit by making it refundable and allowing low-income families to receive up to a 50 percent credit for their child care expenses. Protect Against Caregiver Discrimination: Workers with family obligations often are discriminated against in the workplace. Barack Obama will commit the government to enforcing recently-enacted Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines on caregiver discrimination. Expand Flexible Work Arrangements: Barack Obama will address this concern by creating a program to inform businesses about the benefits of flexible work schedules for productivity and establishing positive workplaces; helping businesses create flexible work opportunities; and increasing federal incentives for telecommuting. Obama will also make the federal government a model employer in terms of adopting flexible work schedules and permitting employees to petition to request flexible arrangements.
i went to the obama site searching for accomplishments.....are these the only ones? Barack Obama's Record Tax Relief for Low-Income Working Families: Obama created the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income working families in 2000 and successfully sponsored a measure to make the credit permanent in 2003. The law offered about $105 million in tax relief over three years. Housing: In the Illinois State Senate, Obama championed multiple pieces of legislation to help low-income families find adequate affordable housing these address poverty
Do I have to file an income tax return in both Illinois and Wisconsin? I lived and worked in Illinois from January 1, 2008 until March 31, 2008. Then I moved to Wisconsin, but kept the same job that I had while living in Illinois. I know that Illinois and Wisconsin have a reciprocal agreement, but I am unsure whether or not I need to file returns in both states as a part-year resident. I did not earn any income from Wisconsin and only Illinois tax was withheld from my wages. If I need to file in both states, do I count the portion of income I earned while living in Wisconsin as taxable in Wisconsin? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I live in Indiana & work in Illinois? We must pay income taxes to both states. What a racket!! Does anyone know why the recipical agreement was stopped?
Is this is OK for neo-libs? Do they seem to worship criminals? The answers to what you are searching for will be found here William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted by the Senate. Scandals include Whitewater - Travelgate Gennifer Flowersgate - Filegate - Vince Fostergate - Whitewater Billing Recordsgate - Paula Jonesgate- Lincoln Bedroomgate - Donations from Convicted Drug and Weapons Dealersgate - Lippogate - Chinagate - The Lewinsky Affair - Perjury and Jobs for Lewinskygate - Kathleen Willeygate - Web Hubbell Prison Phone Callgate - Selling Military Technology to the Chinesegate - Jaunita Broaddrick Gate - Lootergate - Pardongate Edward Moore Kennedy - Democrat - U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. Pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, after his car plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. Barney Frank - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1981 to present. Admitted to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal assistant. Gobie used the congressman's Washington apartment for prostitution. A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives failed and a motion to censure him failed. DNC - The Federal Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fundraising scandals involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources. The Federal Election Commission said it decided to drop cases against contributors of more than $3 million in illegal DNC contributions because the respondents left the country or the corporations are defunct. Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Advisor during the Clinton Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings. Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race with less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about campaign donations from 1996. James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and indictments. Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President. Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a illegitimate child. Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California. Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park.. Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts. Daniel David Rostenkowski - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to seventeen months in federal prison. Melvin Jay Reynolds - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to 1995. Convicted on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice charges and sentenced to five years in prison. Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison. George Rogers - Democrat - Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1970. M000ember of Massachusetts State Senate from 1975 to 1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced to two years in prison. Don Siegelman - Democrat Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving $550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity care. John Murtha, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as an unindicted co-conspirator Gerry Eastman Studds - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having sexual relations with a teenage House page. James C. Green - Democrat - North Carolina State House of Representatives from 1961 to 1977. Charged with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but was acquitted. Convicted of tax evasion in 1997. Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer - pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession, and improper payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty. Raymond Lederer - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000. Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $50,000. Frank Thompson, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison Michael Joseph Myers - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000; expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980. John Michael Murphy - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of conspiracy, conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000. John Wilson Jenrette, Jr - Democrat - U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1975 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison Neil Goldschmidt - Democrat - Oregon governor. Admitted to having an illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old teenager while he was serving as Mayor of Portland. Alcee Lamar Hastings - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida. Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery charges. Marion Barry - Democrat - mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six months in prison. Mario Biaggi - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1969 to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes in return for influence on federal contracts.Convicted of obstructing justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal racketeering charges and convicted on 15 felony counts. Lee Alexander - Democrat - Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to 1985. Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty to racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison. Bill Campbell - Democrat - Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged with fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors seeking city contracts. Frank Ballance - Democrat - Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation. Hazel O'Leary - Democrat - Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration - O'leary took trips all over the world as Secretary with as many 50 staff members and at times rented a plane, which was used by Madonna during her concert tours. Lafayette Thomas - Democrat - Candidate for Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to 1990. Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as sheriff. Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five years in prison. Mary Rose Oakar - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1977 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling $16,000 through fake donors. David Giles - Democrat - candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington in 1986 and 1990. Convicted in June 2000 of child rape. Gary Siplin - Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using services of employees for his candidacy. Edward Mezvinsky - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1973 to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges. Lena Swanson - Democrat - Member of Washington State Senate in 1997. Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting unlawful payments from veterans and former prisoners of war. Abraham J. Hirschfeld - Democrat - candidate in Democratic primary for U.S. Senator from New York in 1974 and 1976. Offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton. Convicted in 2000 of trying to hire a hit man to kill his business partner. Henry Cisneros - Democrat - U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lying to the FBI. James A. Traficant Jr. - Member of House of Representatives from Ohio. Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges. Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks. John Doug Hays - Democrat - member of Kentucky State Senate from 1980 to 1982 Found guilty of mail fraud for submitting false campaign reports stemming from an unsuccessful run for judge. He was sentenced to six months in prison to be followed by six months of home confinement and three years of probation. Henry J. Cianfrani - Democrat - Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967 to 1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal prison. David Hall - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975. Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. Convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. John A. Celona - Democrat - A former state senator was charged with the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona has agreed to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain and other companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal, Celona agreed to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five years in federal prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000 fine Allan Turner Howe - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Utah from 1975 to 1977. Arrested for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute. Jerry Cosentino - Democrat - Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud - fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home confinement. Joseph Waggonner Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute Albert G. Bustamante - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Texas from 1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges and sentenced to prison. Lawrence Jack Smith - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida from 1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax evasion. David Lee Walters - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation. James Guy Tucker, Jr. - Democrat - Governor of Arkansas from 1992 to 1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud charges as part of the Whitewater investigation. Walter Rayford Tucker - Democrat - Mayor of Compton, California from 1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995. Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion. William McCuen - Democrat - Secretary of State of Arkansas from 1985 to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback. Sentenced to 17 years in prison. Walter Fauntroy - Democrat - Delegate to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991. Charged in federal court with making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Pleaded guilty to one felony count and sentenced to probation. Carroll Hubbard, Jr. - Democrat - Kentucky State Senate from 1968 to 1975 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and to theft of government property; sentenced to three years in prison. Joseph Kolter - Democrat - member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on five felony charges of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office. Pleaded guilty. Webster Hubbell - Democrat - Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion charges - sentenced to 21 months in prison. Nicholas Mavroules - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and accepting gratuities while in office. Carl Christopher Perkins - Democrat - Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with the House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000. Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison. Richard Hanna - Democrat - U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1974. Received payments of about $200,000 from a Korean businessman in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence buying scandal. Pleaded guilty and sentenced to federal prison. Angelo Errichetti - Democrat - New Jersey State Senator was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in Abscam. Daniel Baugh Brewster - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Maryland. Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate. Thomas Joseph Dodd - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. - Democrat - Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in prison. Jerry Springer - Democrat - Resigned from Cincinnati City Council in 1974 after admitting to paying a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor. Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. - Democrat -Arkansas State Senate. Convicted on federal tax charges and expelled from the Arkansas Senate. Daniel Flood - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953 and 1955 to 1980. Pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge involving payoffs and sentenced to probation. Otto Kerner, Jr - Democrat - Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of over $300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery, conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined $50,000. George Crockett, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan. Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following his defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the overthrow of the government. Cornelius Edward Gallagher - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1959 to 1973. Indicted on federal charges of income tax evasion, conspiracy, and perjury Mark B. Jimenez - Democrat fundraiser - sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit election financing offenses. Bobby Lee Rush - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois. As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge. Bolley ''Bo'' Johnson - Democrat - Former Florida House Speaker - received a two-year term for tax evasion. Roger L. Green - Democrat - Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation. Gloria Davis - Democrat - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to second-degree bribe-taking. Or is it the Clinton, what ever you can get away with mentality?
Have you seen the article from "The Houston Press" about Obama? When asked about his legislative record, Obama rattles off several bills he sponsored as an Illinois lawmaker. He expanded children's health insurance; made the state Earned Income Tax Credit refundable for low-income families; required public bodies to tape closed-door meetings to make government more transparent; and required police to videotape interrogations of homicide suspects. And the list goes on. It's a lengthy record filled with core liberal issues. But what's interesting, and almost never discussed, is that he built his entire legislative record in Illinois in a single year...... (It gets REAL good after this......it's a REAL eye opener.....) http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-02-28/news/barack-obama-screamed-at-me/2 I said it gets REAL good. You will see how corrupt Obama is once you learn who really created those bills, his favors he owed and his actual involvement in his state. READ THE ARTICLE.
Should marijuana be legalized? Really, what is wrong with the so called "drug" ?? Not a damn thing....it's not a drug its an herb and totally %100 all natural.. There are many reasons for having cannabis legalized. One of the many reasons would be how we (the taxpayers) would save billions of dollars a year if drug enforcement was lessened due to the should-be legal drug. As of 1993 on just law enforcement alone of drugs the United States spent 13 billion dollars. If we were to legalize cannabis we would save about 3.3 billion dollars thus reducing the cost of drug enforcement down to around 10 or so billion dollars. I’m sure the average American would prefer those funds and resources diverted to something more important, such as CIA or the FBI. Imagine all the other important crimes ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) could be cracking down on rather then this phony “Drug War.” I’m sure your wondering where I got these figures of the cost of our drug enforcement; I received the information off of the federal financial analysis of legalization that came from Theodore R. Vallance, Former Chief of the Planning Branch of the National Institutes of Mental Health. Just think how much manpower is wasted on frivolous drug crimes. While agents of our many alphabet organizations are chasing down heavy marijuana sellers we divert our time and money on the wrong problems. If this country, the mighty U.S. of A wants to destroy Columbian drug lords and make them powerless strike them were it hurts the most, their income. With marijuana being legal the price of cannabis lowers dramatically and the drug cartels lose all their power due to no money. The only reason why the drug lords are powerful is because of the United States branding it illegal and by doing so made the worth of hemp sky rockets on the black market. By passing legislation to legalize cannabis it would also free up our already overcrowded jail system and save us all on taxpaying. In 1998 the Chicago Tribune researched into how much it costs Illinois taxpayers for the jailing of people convicted of drug crimes related to marijuana. It costs 25,621 dollars to house one criminal for a drug crime per year. Meanwhile the average Illinois resident only pays around 1,170 dollars worth of yearly state personal income tax. That means that it would take you and 20 of your fellow residents to pay for one person serving a jail sentence for a drug crime. Now, if that isn’t ridiculous I don’t know what is. NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) reports that in the state of California alone that marijuana accounts for 15,000 felony crimes costing the state 100 million dollars. My fellow Americans, if this is the cost of drug enforcement of marijuana on one state out of 50 just envision how much it is costing our country on the whole.
Blue states VS red states Bureau of Labor Statistics, why red is better? Bears and partisans are exuberant about the August employment report, which recorded a loss of 4,000 jobs in a labor market that employs 138 million. Employment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was “essentially unchanged,” with losses concentrated in the manufacturing (-46,000) and government (-28,000) sectors. This was no surprise: Manufacturing has contracted in August in eight of the last ten years, dating back to the Clinton era. Employment is a broad economic indicator, and last Friday’s less-than-stellar report deserves attention. But another monthly BLS report on regional and state employment offers a view of the jobs market through an alternative lens. In particular, this report allows one to compare employment growth between the so-called Blue and Red states. Political pundits identify 18 bona-fide Blue states, which backed Democrats Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004, and 29 clear-cut Red states, which supported Republican President George W. Bush both times out. Blue states are said to be “liberal,” and Red states “conservative.” But there might be another reason to term certain states “blue”: weak employment growth in a period of expansion. Total Blue-state employment growth has been only 3.3 percent during the current expansion, which began in November 2001, compared with the U.S. rate of 5.5 percent. Meanwhile, total Red-state employment growth has been 7.5 percent, more than double that of the Blue states. In baseball terms, one might say the Blue team is hitting only 5-for-13 for a mere .277 average, while the Red team is slugging 18-for-29 for a league-leading .621. Here’s a closer look at the stats: Job growth has trailed the U.S. average in 13 Blue states. California, the largest Blue-state labor market, fell behind by the narrow margin of less than a half-percent, while growth has been slower in Rhode Island (5%), Minnesota (4.1%), Wisconsin (3.1%), New York (2.8%), New Jersey (2.7%), Pennsylvania (2.7%), Vermont (2.3%), Maine (2.1%), Connecticut (1.5%), Illinois (1.1%), Massachusetts (-0.2%), and Michigan (-5%). The job losses in Michigan and Massachusetts have been the most severe, falling below 2001 levels. Regionally speaking, this blue-streak continues. The Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and New England regions, all predominantly Blue, have trailed the U.S. jobs-growth average. The only Blue region to beat the average has been the West, fueled by above-average jobs gains in Hawaii (15.2%), Washington (9.5%), and Oregon (9%). Two other Blue states — Delaware (5.8%) and Maryland (6.1%) — also have bested the U.S. average. Now for the Red team: Of 29 certified Red states, a full 18 have topped the U.S. jobs-growth rate. And here an interesting trend appears: Red states with no income taxes — Nevada (25.7%), Wyoming (15.2%), Florida (13.9%), Alaska (10.2%), Texas (9.1%), South Dakota (8.3%), and Tennessee (5.5%) — have all witnessed above-average job growth. Not surprisingly, three of four Red regions have led the U.S. in job growth: Red states in the West have expanded 15.9 percent followed by the Plains (7.7%) and the Southeast (7.5%). The only Red region to trail the U.S. jobs-growth average has been the Midwest (1%). This trend is not new. It has merely been overlooked by the mainstream media. Labor is colorblind in the political context of Red and Blue states. And as long as the Red states let Americans keep more of what they earn, jobs will unevenly flow their way.
Why do Blue states have poorer economy? Blue-State Employment Blues As long as the Red states let Americans keep more of what they earn, jobs will unevenly flow their way. By Greg Kaza Bears and partisans are exuberant about the August employment report, which recorded a loss of 4,000 jobs in a labor market that employs 138 million. Employment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was “essentially unchanged,” with losses concentrated in the manufacturing (-46,000) and government (-28,000) sectors. This was no surprise: Manufacturing has contracted in August in eight of the last ten years, dating back to the Clinton era. Employment is a broad economic indicator, and last Friday’s less-than-stellar report deserves attention. But another monthly BLS report on regional and state employment offers a view of the jobs market through an alternative lens. In particular, this report allows one to compare employment growth between the so-called Blue and Red states. Political pundits identify 18 bona-fide Blue states, which backed Democrats Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004, and 29 clear-cut Red states, which supported Republican President George W. Bush both times out. Blue states are said to be “liberal,” and Red states “conservative.” But there might be another reason to term certain states “blue”: weak employment growth in a period of expansion. Total Blue-state employment growth has been only 3.3 percent during the current expansion, which began in November 2001, compared with the U.S. rate of 5.5 percent. Meanwhile, total Red-state employment growth has been 7.5 percent, more than double that of the Blue states. In baseball terms, one might say the Blue team is hitting only 5-for-13 for a mere .277 average, while the Red team is slugging 18-for-29 for a league-leading .621. Here’s a closer look at the stats: Job growth has trailed the U.S. average in 13 Blue states. California, the largest Blue-state labor market, fell behind by the narrow margin of less than a half-percent, while growth has been slower in Rhode Island (5%), Minnesota (4.1%), Wisconsin (3.1%), New York (2.8%), New Jersey (2.7%), Pennsylvania (2.7%), Vermont (2.3%), Maine (2.1%), Connecticut (1.5%), Illinois (1.1%), Massachusetts (-0.2%), and Michigan (-5%). The job losses in Michigan and Massachusetts have been the most severe, falling below 2001 levels. Regionally speaking, this blue-streak continues. The Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and New England regions, all predominantly Blue, have trailed the U.S. jobs-growth average. The only Blue region to beat the average has been the West, fueled by above-average jobs gains in Hawaii (15.2%), Washington (9.5%), and Oregon (9%). Two other Blue states — Delaware (5.8%) and Maryland (6.1%) — also have bested the U.S. average. Now for the Red team: Of 29 certified Red states, a full 18 have topped the U.S. jobs-growth rate. And here an interesting trend appears: Red states with no income taxes — Nevada (25.7%), Wyoming (15.2%), Florida (13.9%), Alaska (10.2%), Texas (9.1%), South Dakota (8.3%), and Tennessee (5.5%) — have all witnessed above-average job growth. Not surprisingly, three of four Red regions have led the U.S. in job growth: Red states in the West have expanded 15.9 percent followed by the Plains (7.7%) and the Southeast (7.5%). The only Red region to trail the U.S. jobs-growth average has been the Midwest (1%). This trend is not new. It has merely been overlooked by the mainstream media. Labor is colorblind in the political context of Red and Blue states. And as long as the Red states let Americans keep more of what they earn, jobs will unevenly flow their way.
Taxes on Lottery winnings ? If i were to win the illinois lottery say like 10 million... how much taxes would i have to pay ? State and Federal taxes at time of claim and then ... interest income on the money every year if i put it all in a savings account ?? Anyone know what the percentages would be... I was just curious to see how much would be taken away....
someone is working in another state under my ssn.....how do i stop this? IRS called and i owe back income taxes.......I am on disability and do not file taxes......they insist that i have been working in Missouri.....I live in Illinois......what do i do?
std deduction and per.exemption? if my son, now 15, has a income of 10,000,and filing his own tax return, how does it have impact on my tax return?-can i claim him, if he opt not to claim on his tax return? would i be eligible to claim child tax credit? if i am an illinois resident, how it affects on my state return? how much amt he would be paying state tax on? i am eligible to claim him as a dependent, as i have supported him fully and living with me etc provided he dont claim.and if he dont claim on fed1040, he wont be able to claim on il1040 either. the thing is which one best suites for a family as a whole. if he files his tax return, he would be paying tax on 5000$ @10%,considering he is not contributing to ira and not claiming himself as a dependent. whereas i would be saving tax of my bracket on 5000, but still eligible to claim him as adependent...so can reduce tax liability on3200$ by claiming his exemption.am i getting it right?
1040 Checkmate!? 1040 Checkmate! DOJ Dismisses Felony Tax Prosecution -- With Prejudice -- After PRA Defense Raised Evidence OMB Complicit In Income Tax Fraud DOJ & IRS Petitioned To Explain On May 12, 2006 in Peoria, Illinois, the attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) begged the court to dismiss all charges against IRS victim Robert Lawrence in federal District Court. The motion for dismissal came on the heels of a surprise tactic by Lawrence’s defense attorney Oscar Stilley. The tactic threatened exposure of IRS’s on-going efforts to defraud the public. The move put DOJ attorneys in a state of panic that left them with only one alternative: beg for dismissal, with prejudice. Stilley’s tactic paid off. Sixty days earlier, the DOJ had indicted Lawrence on three counts of willful failure to file a 1040 form, and three felony counts of income tax evasion. The federal Judge dismissed all charges with prejudice, meaning the DOJ cannot charge Lawrence with those crimes again. The trial was to have started on Monday morning, May 15th. On Wednesday, May 10, Stilley mailed a set of documents to the DOJ in response to DOJ’s discovery demands. The documents revealed to DOJ for the first time that Lawrence was basing his entire defense on an act of Congress, 44 U.S.C. 3500 – 3520, also known as the "Paperwork Reduction Act" (PRA). In Section 3512 of the Act, titled "Public Protection," it says that no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with an agency’s collection of information request (such as a 1040 form), if the request does not display a valid control number assigned by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the requirements of the Act, or if the agency fails to inform the person who is to respond to the collection of information that he is not required to respond to the collection of information request unless it displays a valid control number. In Section 3512 Congress went on to authorize that the protection provided by Section 3512 may be raised in the form of a complete defense at any time during an agency’s administrative process (such as an IRS Tax Court or Collection and Due Process Hearing) or during a judicial proceeding (such as Lawrence’s criminal trial). In sum, the PRA requires that all government agencies display valid OMB control numbers and certain disclosures directly on all information collection forms that the public is requested to file. Lawrence's sole defense was he was not required to file an IRS Form 1040 because it displays an invalid OMB control number. Government officials knew that if the case went to trial, it would expose the fraudulent, counterfeit 1040. They also must have known that a trial would expose the ongoing conspiracy between OMB and IRS to publish 1040 forms each year that those agencies knew were in violation of the PRA. That would raise the issue that the Form 1040, with its invalid control number, is being used by the Government to cover up the underlying constitutional tort -- that is, the enforcement of a direct, unapportioned tax on the labor of every working man, women and child in America. Any information collection form, such as IRS Form 1040, which lacks bona fide statutory authority or which conflicts with the Constitution, cannot be issued an OMB control number. If a control number were issued for such a form, the form would be invalid and of no force and effect. Under the facts and circumstances of the last 24 years, it is safe to say that IRS Form 1040 is a fraudulent, counterfeit, bootleg form. Government officials responsible for this fraud should be investigated and face indictment for willfully making and sponsoring false instruments. Caught between a rock and a hard place, the DOJ and IRS decided not to let the Lawrence case proceed because it would reveal one critical and damning fact: The PRA law protects those that fail to file IRS bootleg Form 1040 The DOJ knew that it stood a significant chance of losing the case, and if that happened, the press and others would quickly spread the word, and leave only fools to ever file a 1040 again. Oscar Stilley’s pleadings and documents made these points quite clear: * IRS Form 1040 violates the federal Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) and is therefore a legally invalid form. * Under the Public Protection clause of the PRA, no person can be penalized for failing to file a 1040 if the IRS fails to fully comply with the PRA. * The PRA statutes explicitly provide that a PRA challenge is a complete defense and can be raised in any administrative or judicial proceeding. * The IRS Individual Form 1040 has not and cannot comply with the requirements of the PRA because no existing statute authorizes the IRS to impose or collect the federal income tax from individuals. That lack of bona fide authority makes it impossible for IRS to avoid violating the PRA. We The People Foundation has researched the facts, law and circumstances surrounding this case, and has determined that: * A public trial would have opened a “Pandora’s Box” of legal evidence and government testimony under oath that would establish the IRS 1040 form as both fraudulent and counterfeit. * Oscar Stilley’s PRA defense “checkmated” the DOJ and IRS * The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) appears to have been complicit with IRS in deceiving the public and in helping perpetuate the 1040 fraud by promulgating federal regulations that negate the plain language of the PRA laws passed by Congress and by allowing the IRS to continually skirt the explicit requirements of those statutes Accordingly, We The People Foundation has petitioned the U.S. Attorney General, the IRS Commissioner, and Director of the OMB, requesting an official explanation of their conduct in Peoria. See the petition below. It includes links to all relevant statutes, regulations, court decisions, Federal Register publications, law review articles, Lawrence case pleadings, and the discovery documents sent by defense counsel Stilley to the DOJ. Delete
Deadbeat Mom in Florida is not paying Child Support. What Can I Do? She lives in Florida and I live in Illinois. We have two girls together. She left when My oldest was a little over a year old and my youngest was three months old. It's been over 8 years and she still refuses to pay. The state of Florida is trying to enforce my child support. They suspended her driving license and will take her taxes, if she ever files. Every time they locate her, to get money from her wages, she quits her job. I call them every week to find out what the status of my case is and they really don't seem to be doing all they could. I can't afford a lawyer on my own. I have tried to ask, beg and plead with her for help with our girls and she refuses. Her family don't seem to care about my situation either. I don't have family that can help me. I'm on a sinking ship. I moved to Illinois because of better employment opportunities, but my income is not enough. Public aid in Illinois tells me I make to much to help me, but that is a joke. Any ideas on what I can do?
Help!!! 10 pts immediately to anyone that can translate a 1-pg flyer, Eng-Sp in the next hour!? DREAM Act What is the DREAM Act? The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM Act) is a bipartisan legislation to address the education disparity faced by young people who were brought to the US years ago as undocumented immigrant children but have grown up in the US, attended high school, and are law-abiding citizens, of good moral character. Why do we need the DREAM Act? Each year, approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school and attend college. Even though they were bought to this country as children, their resident status creates a barrier to higher education and their opportunity to have access to the “American Dream.” What are the requirements? Who would qualify? In order to qualify, the student has to have been brought to the US more than 5 years ago, when the child was 15 or younger. Under this Act, when the student graduates from high school, he or she would be allowed to apply for conditional status, which allows up to 6 years of legal residence. During this 6-yr period, the student would be required to graduate from a 2-year college, complete at least 2 years towards a 4-yr degree, or serve in the US military for at least 2 years. The Act also eliminates a provision that forbids states from providing in-state tuition to undocumented immigrant student residents. What states have already passed laws similar to the Dream Act that allow undocumented students to attend college and post-secondary institutions? Texas, California, Utah, Washington, New York, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, and Nebraska. In all 10 of these states, the student: attended school in the state for a certain period of time, graduated from high school in the state, and signed an affidavit stating they will have applied to legalize their status or will apply ASAP. What would be the benefits? Would significantly reduce the drop-out rate of immigrant students. Eliminate barriers to access higher education for immigrant students. Increase in tax revenue due to fewer government expenses. Would significantly increase the income of immigrants including spending and investment. Would make these young people eligible for work authorization and therefore employ thousands of people. Money paid to schools would increase state revenue. Rewards hard work, integrity, and character. What is the current status of the act? Since 2001, the DREAM Act has received more and more support. In May 2006, it passed the Senate fully as part of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (S. 2611). It continues to have bipartisan support. For the first time this year, there is strong support in both the House and the Senate. Source: National Immigration Law Center http://www.nilc.org I know its long but I'm in a situation where I need it by tonight. If I tranlate it, it'll have too many mistakes. Thanks. 10 points waiting.
Taxes and Tuition? Okay i have never done this before. In 2007 i completed my second year of college. My income for the year is about 11,000 and my total tuition i payed out with out books is about 2500. I was told there is a way on your taxes to file that you get all the tuition back in your return. If you didnt make enough money that is. I have looked into the hope stuff but that doesnt seem to be what i heard. Is thise correct for the state of illinois? If so where do i deduct it? My boyfriend says there is an actual line on the standard tax form. Do i just type the 2500 in that line and i will get it back? Also no one else can claim me as a dependant thanks a bunch.
facts and myths? MYTH Undocumented immigrants don’t pay taxes or contribute to the U.S. economy, and instead take advantage of social welfare programs. “Controlling illegal immigration is also an issue of fairness to American taxpayers. Is it fair if people are using public services like schools and roads, but are not paying taxes?” --Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, May 4, 2006 FACT The myth of “lazy” immigrants cheating U.S. taxpayers and living off welfare couldn’t be farther from the truth. According to a 2004 study by the Urban Policy Institute, virtually all undocumented men--96 percent--and 62 percent of undocumented women are in the workforce. According to a March report from the Pew Hispanic Center, of the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., 7.2 million were employed in March 2005, making up approximately 4.9 percent of the labor force in the U.S. Overall, immigrants--both documented and undocumented--are a huge boon to the U.S. economy. And as for what’s “fair,” the U.S. government takes far more from undocumented immigrants than it ever gives back. In 2001, then-Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan testified before Congress that in the state of Illinois alone, "[undocumented] workers pay $547 million in taxes yearly, compared to $238 million in services used"--a net “profit” for Illinois of $309 million. And according to a report in last year’s New York Times, each year, undocumented immigrants pay an estimated $7 billion more than they get from Social Security and $1.5 billion more than they get from Medicare. The Internal Revenue Service issues “Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers” (ITINs) to allow undocumented workers to pay income taxes. Since 1996, 9.2 million of these numbers have been handed out. According to the Los Angeles Times, last year, 1.2 million people paid taxes using ITINs.
I gave $2000 earnest money to a woman who was selling her house? The offer/contract was good for 30 days. My loan was not approved within the 30 days, because I had to wait on my income tax return to be completed (self-employed) and the bank needed it to show proof of income. On the 30th day, I asked her for an extension, but she said we had to "start all over" meaning that she would not count the $2000 I had already given her toward the purchase price. We live in the state of Illinois. I then decided not to sign another contract with her and she kept my money. Can I ask her to return it? Do I have any legal right to get it back? If I can't get it back, is there any way I can deduct it as a loss on my income tax return? You both are right, the handwritten contract stated in part that "the remaining $93K shall be paid within a 30 day period from this date or at closing" and "after a 30 day period from this date, this agreement shall become null and void. The earnest money shall become the property of the seller." So I have no legal recourse? And I can not deduct it as a gift/loss or anything? What's the difference between this and if I just up and gave someone on the street $2000? I may be out the money, but it seems to me that there has to be a way that I can count it as a loss. It is money I no longer have and have nothing tangible to show for it. Lessons learned.
tax return question? im 17 years old and i claimed zero on my taxes so i would get a higher return my gorss income for 2007 was $6,769 and i paid $526 in fereral tax's and around $200 in illnois state tax. i live in the stae of illinois how much do u think i will get back on my tax return?
How to handle grad student fellowship 1099-MISC while studying in IL, but a WI resident.? I'm a grad student studying in Illinois, but I'm still a Wisconsin resident. I received a fellowship, and my stipend income is reported on a 1099-MISC, which according to my school's fellowship office is treated as a gift that I didn't technically have to do any work to receive. Thus, it must be treated differently than wages. Wisconsin has a reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin so that taxes on wages of IL non-residents can be paid to WI. Unfortunately, I took this route last year, paid estimated taxes throughout the year to WI, and was about to do the same thing this year until I read a little line in the IL tax code stating that the reciprocity only extends to wages. Can anyone confirm that I must in fact pay taxes to IL for this fellowship, rather than WI? If so, I've got lots of amendments and penalties coming my way, but it's better to deal with them now rather than later! Thanks!
standard deduction and personal exemption.? if my son, now 15, has a income of 10,000,and filing his own tax return, how does it have impact on my tax return?-can i claim him, if he opt not to claim on his tax return? would i be eligible to claim child tax credit? if i am an illinois resident, how it affects on my state return? how much amt he would be paying state tax on?
Aj lets go why do u hate texas? just research texas and compare to other states same with texas citys. and one idot said houston has become a slim and crap. well that aint true its one of the best citys there are. it sure is better then califrornias citys. and new york city and dallas and phoenix. READ TEXAS OFF WIKIPEDIA AND HOUSTON AND EVERY OTHER CITYS> BEST STATES IN THIS ORDER TEXAS,FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, MARYLAND, CALIFORNIA Aj lets go why do u hate texas? let me tell texas is one of the best states there is. A great economy great citys. we have everything in texas plus more great history everything. research texas and it off wikipedia read it and houston and all the texas citys. know our great citys and wonderful people just rock. okay cali and new york suck. new york better then cali though most of its 19 million population lives around in then newy york city metro area of 18 million people/ know to diss califronia and why i think it stinks alex gMember since: June 29, 2007 Total points: 109 (Level 1) Points earned this week: --% Best answer alex g S in california one of the worst freaking *** places ever well compared to the ******* freacking *** rocking universe. or the united states i rank cali as 5th best state. after like maryland. In this order TEXAS< FLORIDA< ILLINOIS< GEORGIA, MARYLAND. CALIFORNIA for most people its is nice weather this be true. and a nice place but **** west coast. last thing till japan. most people havent been to cali and some people for some reason say they would want to live there . which i find odd. know i see great weather and u can see snow in one day then desert that is tight,. but then the freacking economy okay. and the people then the freacking natural distaters. wildfires, outrageous home prices. crappy goverment i think. to many liberals 4 of the most polluted citys in america. know earthquakes and like every thing. okay then the in los angelas. the huge ghetto shitty almost everywere. there many few beautiful places. exspensive homes i mean to get something desent it like a million. and because it has been established as high prices plus like celberities. then LOS ANGELAS smog, partical pollution, the worst. worst traffic, a huge illegal population After decades of mass immigration, California is no longer able to absorb a constant flow of immigrants and still maintain a decent quality of life for its residents. Currently, one in ten Americans is foreign-born, with about a third of the foreign-born population arriving in the past 10 years. Since California receives about 25 percent of the nation’s flood of immigration, our state’s numbers look a little different, with an astounding one in four Californians being foreign-born. In addition, nearly all of our state’s growth is now due to immigration and higher-than-average fertility rates among new immigrants. If current legal and illegal immigration trends continue, an estimated 60 million people will call California home by 2050. There are an estimated 12 to 20 million illegal aliens currently residing in our country. All of the 9/11 hijackers were in the United States legally, having entered on temporary visas. California is home to at least 3.2 million of those illegal aliens. Illegal immigrants who take low-paying jobs don't pay enough in income taxes, if they pay at all, to reimburse taxpayers the $5,000/per student annual cost of educating their children. Illegal immigration costs the taxpayers of California $10.5 billion a year for education, health care, and incarceration. Illegal aliens constitute 15 percent of our state’s school population. Between 1993 and 2003, 60 California hospitals were forced to close from the financial burden of providing free health care for uninsured illegal aliens. Illegal immigrants who enroll in the University of California system are charged in-state tuition. Each year the Border Patrol makes more than a million apprehensions of persons unlawfully crossing U.S. borders to work and to receive public assistance, often with the aid of fraudulent documents. Such entry is a misdemeanor, and if repeated becomes punishable as a felony. Illegal aliens from Central America have been allowed to remain in the United States so long that their homelands have grown dependent on the billions of dollars a year they send home in remittances. 300,000 people who have been ordered deported are still in the country because their deportation orders were not enforced. Census Bureau estimates say 115,000 people from terrorist-sponsoring Middle Eastern nations live in the United States illegally. Some illegal aliens from terrorist nations pay as much as $50,000 each to be smuggled into our country. Approximately one-third of all foreign-born U.S. residents are illegal aliens. Over half of all Mexicans living in the United States are here illegally. In the last decade, 80 to 85 percent of the flow of Mexican immigrants has been illegal. A strategy of attrition through enforcement could reduce the illegal population by as many as 1.5 million illegal aliens each year. Currently about 183,000 illegal aliens per year depart without the intervention of immigration officials, according to DHS statistics. IT says if u read most of californias population increase is do to illegals. who suck the **** of of tax payers and watever. for the poor californians makeing it so exspensive./ so better to live there poor. know so many people moving from exspensive citys of cali florida and texas for cheaper and more resonable life style. know okay los angelas hey i think of tight graffiti from awr, msk, nasa crew, tko, know i am know toy and dont care for west coast nut awr, and msk , took **** to the exstreme. okay. and i think of tight rappers such as dr dre. snoop dogg, tupac and nwa. know east coast rap better orgial and there first. SO STUPID PEOPLE ONLY SOME< Lots of gay liberals and high crime, in some areas. run down areas. high prices and shitty traffic i think of one of the shitty citys with some exseptions. in a nice state but know shitty and over run with illegals problems legal stuff. high pollution and crime. and just to many damn liberals and crappy health care, and crappy school systems ONE GOOD THING OF LOS ANGELAS GREAT SHOPPING FOR GIRLS AND HUGE MALLS. AND FOR MY STUFF AS A GUY. AND WELL THE CLIMATE. AND THE NIGHTLIFE. OTHER THEN THAT AN OKAY PLACE TO VIST JUST FOR A COUPLE DAYS. BUT EVERY CITY HAS MALL AND NIGHTLIFE LA HAS SOME OF THE BEST THOUGH ONLY GOOD THING
why do so many people say cali tight and then never been there? california is beautiful and is nice but here this dude joe m hit the nail on the head so i copied and pasted his comment and i have many things i typed like this . so here u go his then mine CALIFORNIA IS THE WORST STATE BY FAR! HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHY: MORE NATURAL DISASTERS THAN ANY OTHER STATE, THEY HAVE SOMETHING(FIRES,EARTHQUAKES,SO... ATLEAST EVERY OTHER MONTH. OVER-PRICED, OVER-CROWDED, OVER-CRIMED, DIRTY, TOO MANY MEXICAN-AMERICANS(DIFFERENT THAN IMMIGRANT MEXICANS) WITH SHI**Y ATTITUDES LIKE YOURS. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY SO ROTTEN, AND MAKES THE REST OF THE WORLD HATE US. I KNOW I WAS IN IRAQ WITH OVER 100 PEOPLE(AND I USE THE TERM LOOSELY HERE) FROM FRESNO. THEY WERE NOTHING BUT CRIMINALS. BESIDES, IF CALIFORNIA IS SO GREAT, WHY DO ALL THE CALIFORNIANS MOVE TO ARIZONA(KINGMAN/PHOENIX MY HOMETOWNS) AND JUST RUIN THOSE USED-TO-BE-LOVELY PLACES? WHY DON'T THEY STAY IN CALIFORNIA IF IT'S SO GREAT? IN FACT IF MEXICO IS SO GREAT WHY AREN'T THEY A WORLD POWER? WHY ISN'T THEIR GREAT ARMY HELPING TO SUPPORT THE WAR IN IRAQ? WHY? I'LL TELL YOU WHY. FOR THE SAME REASON THIS JOKE WAS MADE. WHY DOESN'T MEXICO HAVE AN OLYMPIC TEAM? BECAUSE ANYONE WHO CAN RUN, JUMP OR SWIM IS ALREADY IN AMERICA. SO DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GO BACK TO YOUR GREAT NATION OF MEXICO, AND GET THE F**CK OUT OF MY COUNTRY! Member since: June 29, 2007 Total points: 76 (Level 1) Points earned this week: --% Best answer alex g S in california one of the worst freaking *** places ever well compared to the ******* freacking *** rocking universe. or the united states i rank cali as 5th best state. after like maryland. In this order TEXAS< FLORIDA< ILLINOIS< GEORGIA, MARYLAND. CALIFORNIA for most people its is nice weather this be true. and a nice place but **** west coast. last thing till japan. most people havent been to cali and some people for some reason say they would want to live there . which i find odd. know i see great weather and u can see snow in one day then desert that is tight,. but then the freacking economy okay. and the people then the freacking natural distaters. wildfires, outrageous home prices. crappy goverment i think. to many liberals 4 of the most polluted citys in america. know earthquakes and like every thing. okay then the in los angelas. the huge ghetto shitty almost everywere. there many few beautiful places. exspensive homes i mean to get something desent it like a million. and because it has been established as high prices plus like celberities. then LOS ANGELAS smog, partical pollution, the worst. worst traffic, a huge illegal population After decades of mass immigration, California is no longer able to absorb a constant flow of immigrants and still maintain a decent quality of life for its residents. Currently, one in ten Americans is foreign-born, with about a third of the foreign-born population arriving in the past 10 years. Since California receives about 25 percent of the nation’s flood of immigration, our state’s numbers look a little different, with an astounding one in four Californians being foreign-born. In addition, nearly all of our state’s growth is now due to immigration and higher-than-average fertility rates among new immigrants. If current legal and illegal immigration trends continue, an estimated 60 million people will call California home by 2050. There are an estimated 12 to 20 million illegal aliens currently residing in our country. All of the 9/11 hijackers were in the United States legally, having entered on temporary visas. California is home to at least 3.2 million of those illegal aliens. Illegal immigrants who take low-paying jobs don't pay enough in income taxes, if they pay at all, to reimburse taxpayers the $5,000/per student annual cost of educating their children. Illegal immigration costs the taxpayers of California $10.5 billion a year for education, health care, and incarceration. Illegal aliens constitute 15 percent of our state’s school population. Between 1993 and 2003, 60 California hospitals were forced to close from the financial burden of providing free health care for uninsured illegal aliens. Illegal immigrants who enroll in the University of California system are charged in-state tuition. Each year the Border Patrol makes more than a million apprehensions of persons unlawfully crossing U.S. borders to work and to receive public assistance, often with the aid of fraudulent documents. Such entry is a misdemeanor, and if repeated becomes punishable as a felony. Illegal aliens from Central America have been allowed to remain in the United States so long that their homelands have grown dependent on the billions of dollars a year they send home in remittances. 300,000 people who have been ordered deported are still in the country because their deportation orders were not enforced. Census Bureau estimates say 115,000 people from terrorist-sponsoring Middle Eastern nations live in the United States illegally. Some illegal aliens from terrorist nations pay as much as $50,000 each to be smuggled into our country. Approximately one-third of all foreign-born U.S. residents are illegal aliens. Over half of all Mexicans living in the United States are here illegally. In the last decade, 80 to 85 percent of the flow of Mexican immigrants has been illegal. A strategy of attrition through enforcement could reduce the illegal population by as many as 1.5 million illegal aliens each year. Currently about 183,000 illegal aliens per year depart without the intervention of immigration officials, according to DHS statistics. IT says if u read most of californias population increase is do to illegals. who suck the **** of of tax payers and watever. for the poor californians makeing it so exspensive./ so better to live there poor. know so many people moving from exspensive citys of cali florida and texas for cheaper and more resonable life style. know okay los angelas hey i think of tight graffiti from awr, msk, nasa crew, tko, know i am know toy and dont care for west coast nut awr, and msk , took **** to the exstreme. okay. and i think of tight rappers such as dr dre. snoop dogg, tupac and nwa. know east coast rap better orgial and there first. SO STUPID PEOPLE ONLY SOME< Lots of gay liberals and high crime, in some areas. run down areas. high prices and shitty traffic i think of one of the shitty citys with some exseptions. in a nice state but know shitty and over run with illegals problems legal stuff. high pollution and crime. and just to many damn liberals and crappy health care, and crappy school systems ONE GOOD THING OF LOS ANGELAS GREAT SHOPPING FOR GIRLS AND HUGE MALLS. AND FOR MY STUFF AS A GUY. AND WELL THE CLIMATE. AND THE NIGHTLIFE. OTHER THEN THAT AN OKAY PLACE TO VIST JUST FOR A COUPLE DAYS. BUT EVERY CITY HAS MALL AND NIGHTLIFE LA HAS SOME OF THE BEST THOUGH ONLY GOOD THING
california sucks for this reason and mr s says that im angry he rants like an idot a freacking idot.? Why do so many people say cali tight and then never been there? california is beautiful and is nice but here this dude joe m hit the nail on the head so i copied and pasted his comment and i have many things i typed like this . so here u go his then mine CALIFORNIA IS THE WORST STATE BY FAR! HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHY: MORE NATURAL DISASTERS THAN ANY OTHER STATE, THEY HAVE SOMETHING(FIRES,EARTHQUAKES,SO... ATLEAST EVERY OTHER MONTH. OVER-PRICED, OVER-CROWDED, OVER-CRIMED, DIRTY, TOO MANY MEXICAN-AMERICANS(DIFFERENT THAN IMMIGRANT MEXICANS) WITH SHI**Y ATTITUDES LIKE YOURS. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY SO ROTTEN, AND MAKES THE REST OF THE WORLD HATE US. I KNOW I WAS IN IRAQ WITH OVER 100 PEOPLE(AND I USE THE TERM LOOSELY HERE) FROM FRESNO. THEY WERE NOTHING BUT CRIMINALS. BESIDES, IF CALIFORNIA IS SO GREAT, WHY DO ALL THE CALIFORNIANS MOVE TO ARIZONA(KINGMAN/PHOENIX MY HOMETOWNS) AND JUST RUIN THOSE USED-TO-BE-LOVELY PLACES? WHY DON'T THEY STAY IN CALIFORNIA IF IT'S SO GREAT? IN FACT IF MEXICO IS SO GREAT WHY AREN'T THEY A WORLD POWER? WHY ISN'T THEIR GREAT ARMY HELPING TO SUPPORT THE WAR IN IRAQ? WHY? I'LL TELL YOU WHY. FOR THE SAME REASON THIS JOKE WAS MADE. WHY DOESN'T MEXICO HAVE AN OLYMPIC TEAM? BECAUSE ANYONE WHO CAN RUN, JUMP OR SWIM IS ALREADY IN AMERICA. SO DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GO BACK TO YOUR GREAT NATION OF MEXICO, AND GET THE F**CK OUT OF MY COUNTRY! Member since: June 29, 2007 Total points: 76 (Level 1) Points earned this week: --% Best answer alex g S in california one of the worst freaking *** places ever well compared to the ******* freacking *** rocking universe. or the united states i rank cali as 5th best state. after like maryland. In this order TEXAS< FLORIDA< ILLINOIS< GEORGIA, MARYLAND. CALIFORNIA for most people its is nice weather this be true. and a nice place but **** west coast. last thing till japan. most people havent been to cali and some people for some reason say they would want to live there . which i find odd. know i see great weather and u can see snow in one day then desert that is tight,. but then the freacking economy okay. and the people then the freacking natural distaters. wildfires, outrageous home prices. crappy goverment i think. to many liberals 4 of the most polluted citys in america. know earthquakes and like every thing. okay then the in los angelas. the huge ghetto shitty almost everywere. there many few beautiful places. exspensive homes i mean to get something desent it like a million. and because it has been established as high prices plus like celberities. then LOS ANGELAS smog, partical pollution, the worst. worst traffic, a huge illegal population After decades of mass immigration, California is no longer able to absorb a constant flow of immigrants and still maintain a decent quality of life for its residents. Currently, one in ten Americans is foreign-born, with about a third of the foreign-born population arriving in the past 10 years. Since California receives about 25 percent of the nation’s flood of immigration, our state’s numbers look a little different, with an astounding one in four Californians being foreign-born. In addition, nearly all of our state’s growth is now due to immigration and higher-than-average fertility rates among new immigrants. If current legal and illegal immigration trends continue, an estimated 60 million people will call California home by 2050. There are an estimated 12 to 20 million illegal aliens currently residing in our country. All of the 9/11 hijackers were in the United States legally, having entered on temporary visas. California is home to at least 3.2 million of those illegal aliens. Illegal immigrants who take low-paying jobs don't pay enough in income taxes, if they pay at all, to reimburse taxpayers the $5,000/per student annual cost of educating their children. Illegal immigration costs the taxpayers of California $10.5 billion a year for education, health care, and incarceration. Illegal aliens constitute 15 percent of our state’s school population. Between 1993 and 2003, 60 California hospitals were forced to close from the financial burden of providing free health care for uninsured illegal aliens. Illegal immigrants who enroll in the University of California system are charged in-state tuition. Each year the Border Patrol makes more than a million apprehensions of persons unlawfully crossing U.S. borders to work and to receive public assistance, often with the aid of fraudulent documents. Such entry is a misdemeanor, and if repeated becomes punishable as a felony. Illegal aliens from Central America have been allowed to remain in the United States so long that their homelands have grown dependent on the billions of dollars a year they send home in remittances. 300,000 people who have been ordered deported are still in the country because their deportation orders were not enforced. Census Bureau estimates say 115,000 people from terrorist-sponsoring Middle Eastern nations live in the United States illegally. Some illegal aliens from terrorist nations pay as much as $50,000 each to be smuggled into our country. Approximately one-third of all foreign-born U.S. residents are illegal aliens. Over half of all Mexicans living in the United States are here illegally. In the last decade, 80 to 85 percent of the flow of Mexican immigrants has been illegal. A strategy of attrition through enforcement could reduce the illegal population by as many as 1.5 million illegal aliens each year. Currently about 183,000 illegal aliens per year depart without the intervention of immigration officials, according to DHS statistics. IT says if u read most of californias population increase is do to illegals. who suck the **** of of tax payers and watever. for the poor californians makeing it so exspensive./ so better to live there poor. know so many people moving from exspensive citys of cali florida and texas for cheaper and more resonable life style. know okay los angelas hey i think of tight graffiti from awr, msk, nasa crew, tko, know i am know toy and dont care for west coast nut awr, and msk , took **** to the exstreme. okay. and i think of tight rappers such as dr dre. snoop dogg, tupac and nwa. know east coast rap better orgial and there first. SO STUPID PEOPLE ONLY SOME< Lots of gay liberals and high crime, in some areas. run down areas. high prices and shitty traffic i think of one of the shitty citys with some exseptions. in a nice state but know shitty and over run with illegals problems legal stuff. high pollution and crime. and just to many damn liberals and crappy health care, and crappy school systems ONE GOOD THING OF LOS ANGELAS GREAT SHOPPING FOR GIRLS AND HUGE MALLS. AND FOR MY STUFF AS A GUY. AND WELL THE CLIMATE. AND THE NIGHTLIFE. OTHER THEN THAT AN OKAY PLACE TO VIST JUST FOR A COUPLE DAYS. BUT EVERY CITY HAS MALL AND NIGHTLIFE LA HAS SOME OF THE BEST THOUGH ONLY GOOD THING
What Republican President is responsible for this? 1. Saying contradictory things before different audiences. 2. Opposing racial equality. 3. Opposing giving blacks the right to vote, serve on juries or intermarry while allegedly supporting their natural rights. 4. Being a racist. 5. Supporting the legal rights of slaveholders. 6. Supporting Clay’s American System or mercantilism as his primary political agenda: national bank, high tariff, and internal improvements. 7. Supporting a political economy that encourages corruption and inefficiency. 8. Supporting a political economy that became the blueprint for modern American. 9. Being a wealthy railroad lawyer. 10. Never defending a runaway slave. 11. Defending a slaveholder against his runaway slave. 12. Favoring returning ex-slaves to Africa or sending them to Central America and Haiti. 13. Proposing to strengthen the Fugitive Slave law. 14. Opposing the extension of slavery in the territories so that "free white people" can settle there and because allowing them to become slave states would dilute Republican influence in Congress because of the three-fifths rule. 15. Opposing black citizenship in Illinois or their right to immigrate to that state. 16. Failing to use his legendary political skills to achieve peaceful emancipation as was accomplished elsewhere--Lincoln's war was the only "war of emancipation" in the 19th century. 17. Nullifying emancipation of slaves in Missouri and Georgia early in the war. 18. Stating that his primary motive was saving the union and not ending slavery. 19. Supporting a conscription law. 20. Sending troops into New York City to quell draft riots related to his emancipation proclamation, resulting in 300 to 1,000 deaths. 21. Starting a war that took the lives of 620,000 soldiers and 50,000 civilians and caused incalculable economic loss. 22. Being an enemy of free market capitalism. 23. Being an economic illiterate and espousing the labor theory of value. 24. Supporting a disastrous public works project in Illinois and continuing to support the same policies oblivious of the consequences. 25. Conjuring up a specious and deceptive argument against the historically-recognized right of state secession. 26. Lying about re-supplying the fed’s tax collection office known as Fort Sumter. 27. Refusing to see peace commissioners from the Confederacy offering to pay for all federal property in the South. 28. Refusing to see Napoleon III of France who offered to mediate the dispute. 29. Provoking Virginia to secede by taking military action against the Deep South. 30. Supporting a tariff and other policies that systematically redistributed wealth from the South to the North, causing great consternation in the South. 31. Invading the South without consulting Congress. 32. Illegally declaring martial law. 33. Illegally blockading ports. 34. Illegally suspending habeas corpus. 35. Illegally imprisoning thousands of Northern citizens. 36. Tolerating their subjection to inhumane conditions in prison. 37. Systematically attacking Northern newspapers and their employees, including by imprisonment. 38. Deporting his chief political enemy in the North, Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio. 39. Confiscating private property and firearms. 40. Ignoring the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. 41. Tolerating the arrest of ministers who refused to pray for Lincoln. 42. Arresting several duly elected members of the Maryland Legislature along with the mayor of Baltimore and Maryland Congressman Henry May. 43. Placing Kansas and Kentucky under martial law. 44. Supporting a law that indemnified public officials for unlawful acts. 45. Laying the groundwork for the establishment of conscription and income taxation as permanent institutions. 46. Interfering with and rigging elections in Maryland and elsewhere in the North. 47. Censoring all telegraph communication. 48. Preventing opposition newspapers from being delivered by the post office. 49. Illegally creating the state of West Virginia out of the "indestructible" state of Virginia. 50. Tolerating or supporting mistreatment of citizens in conquered territory. 51. Taxing those citizens without their consent. 52. Executing those who refused to take a loyalty oath. 53.Closing churches and arresting ministers. 54. Burning and plundering Southern cites. 55. Quartering troops in private homes unlawfully. 56. reating an enormous political patronage system. 57. Allowing an unjust mass execution of Sioux Indians in Minnesota. 58. Engineering a constitutional revolution through military force which destroyed state sovereignty and replaced it with rule by the Supreme Court (and the United States Army). 59. Laying the groundwork for the imperialist and militarist campaigns of the future as well as the welfare/warfare state. 60. Creating the dangerous precedent of establishing a strong consolidated state out of a decentralized confederation. 61. Effectively killing secession as a threat, thus encouraging the rise of our modern federal monolith. 62. Waging war on civilians by bombing, destruction of homes, and confiscation of food and farm equipment. 63. Tolerating an atmosphere which led to large numbers of rapes against Southern women, including slaves. 64. Using civilians as hostages. 65. Promoting a general because of his willingness to use his troops as cannon fodder. 66. DiLorenzo blames Lincoln for the predictable aftermath of the war: the plundering of the South by Lincoln’s allies. 67. Supporting government subsidies of the railroads leading to corruption and inefficiency. 68. Supporting a nationalized paper currency which is inherently inflationary. 69. Creating the federal tax bureaucracy and various taxes that are still with us. 70. Establishing precedents for centralized powers and suppression of liberties that continue to be cited today. 71. Ending slavery by means that created turbulence that continues to this day. DiLorenzo and His Critics on the Lincoln Myth By James Ostrowski April 2003 http://www.mises.org/etexts/ostrowski.asp
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