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   XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 26/07/2011 6:28 AM, Alan Baggett wrote:   
   > How the Canada Revenue Agency abetted Brian Mulroney - Part 3 : CRA   
   > SOTW   
   >   
   > To get you up to speed, Brian Mulroney received at least $225,000 in   
   > cash, which he was lax in reporting on his tax return.   
   >   
   > Now, Mulroney claimed that he did not declare the $225,000 as income   
   > because it was not yet income – it was simply a retainer for future   
   > services. But if he really believed the money was not taxable then why   
   > did he suddenly change his tune? In 1999? Four years after receiving   
   > the money. Because Brian Mulroney still had not delivered any services   
   > to Schreiber by 1999. So why did he suddenly decide that the $225,000   
   > was income? In 1999. When he stated that he clearly believed that it   
   > was not income – his excuse for not declaring the money in the first   
   > place – until he had rendered a service.   
   >   
   > Clearly something is wrong here.   
      
   Big time, as a lawyer he would have surely known that it needs to be in   
   a trust account and not in cash if this is the case.   
      
   The fact it was cash, is a 100% guarantee of corruption and tax evasion.   
      
   And Shrieber says $300K.  Guess lying Brian was pulling a few bills off   
   the stack each month.  But that is why he deliberately used cash when if   
   above board a check would have been used.  And of course, no written   
   contract.  Ya, I believe you get $300K without a contract like I believe   
   pigs fly.   
      
   > But the Canada Revenue Agency did not ask any questions. Nope. Instead   
   > his lawyer’s negotiated a deal that, allegedly, allowed Brian Mulroney   
   > to escape payment of half the tax that would have normally been owed.   
   > That’s right, he had the immediate ability to pay in full plus   
   > interest and penalty but the CRA allowed him a steep deduction for   
   > being so honest and forthright and coming forward and declaring the   
   > money he had forgotten to declare previously. What an upstanding thing   
   > to do and what a great example for and to all Canadians. Coming clean   
   > like that. Laugh.   
      
   Nothing works better for politicians than the golden handshake.   
      
   CRA makes more of a fuss for $30 when they make he mistake.  But then I   
   don't have the squeeze on other politicians to "fix it".   
      
   > And when Brian Mulroney was questioned about the memory lapse and his   
   > lax reporting of his tax duties and his lenient treatment by the tax   
   > authorities what did he have to say? Did he take responsibility for   
   > his actions? Nope. Brian Mulroney blamed his lawyers and he blamed his   
   > tax advisers. It was everyone’s fault. Everyone’s but his. Now, if the   
   > advisers gave him the wrong tax advice then surely it was their fault.   
   > But if he did not disclose to them that he had received $225,000 (or   
   > perhaps as much as $300,000) then it would not be their fault. It   
   > could not be their fault. Because they did not know. So their advice   
   > was correct based on the information that Brian Mulroney disclosed to   
   > his professional tax advisers.   
      
   Bullshit.  First lying Brian is a lawyer.  His tax advisor was his   
   corruption and greed.  Hey, if you don't tell your tax accountant about   
   it, they will not account for it, which is how it really worked.  And I   
   don't believe anyone forgets about $300K in cash.   
      
   > And there’s another kicker.   
   >   
   > Pleading ignorance is no excuse for not obeying the law. Any law. Not   
   > just tax law. And when you sign your tax return you are saying that   
   > you have knowledge of the returns contents and so are responsible for   
   > what follows. And when you are a SOPHISTICATED person who is a lawyer,   
   > a lawmaker and a former Prime Minister then ignorance is absolutely no   
   > defense. Yet the CRA accepted this argument and let Brian Mulroney off   
   > the hook.   
      
   Especially an accredited lawyer.  Didn't even get his right to practice   
   pulled.  Buddies bailed him out.   
      
   > And this result, Brian Mulroney’s escape of paying his honest share   
   > and the CRA’s lax behavior in enforcing tax law is what is now   
   > emboldening more and more Canadians to pull a Mulroney – to declare   
   > less than what they have truly earned on theirr tax return.   
      
   CRA is like the mafia collections, selective enforcement based on   
   connections.   
      
   > NEXT WEEK: Brian Mulroney and the World’s Number One Tax Haven   
      
   Looking forward to this one.  I have studied how Paul Martian made sure   
   his huge loop hole was left open even to this day.  Hey, he didn't do PM   
   for us, he did it for himself.  Sort of like Belinda Stronach, get the   
   squeeze to get that bailout money and be sure daddies money was safe.   
   After all, Stonach's were one of the biggest beneficiaries of the GM   
   bailout as GM owed them $1.6 billion....   
      
   Be interesting to see what Mulroney did with the Liberal $2.1 million   
   gift and offshore.   
      
   Yep, Ottawa, a puss hole of corruption.   
      
      
   --   
   Obama, enslaving Americans with debt-tax slavery for a spending binge.   
   Doesn't even borrow real money, Bernanke just creates it like a   
   counterfeiter. .   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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