I dont think the feds knew much about his money when they took it. All else is irrelevant, the fact is a man had his money taken because he had it in cash, it happens all the time, and regardless of what he may or may not have done wrong
the govt had no call to confiscate a duffel bag of cash simply for being a duffel bag of cash.

As noted before, it happens all the time, basically whenever the govt agency thinks they can get away with it.

Also note that though he may have been here "illegally" he was working, and neither law nor morality suggest that all ones honest earnings are forfeit for such.

And really, REALLY and I mean REALLLY note that he is NOT in trouble for failing to pay taxes on money earned as a dishwasher, the IRS simply wants a piece of donations he recieved. They say he admits to never paying taxes, but the fact is if he had paystubs he paid taxes in with-holdings. He wasnt paid under the table, or else he would have had no pay stubs to prove the 59k$ was his. What they mean to say is he never filed a tax-return. Had he done so, he probably would have been entitled a refund.

Again, its interesting that they offered him a trifle - as hush money. Yes, they actually tried to bribe him with a small amount of HIS OWN MONEY to KEEP QUIET ABOUT the whole thing?

Read the article carefully and tell me you can seriously think this guy got "what he deserved".

He is nothing more than a victim of a corrupt, inept, looting government.

Last edited by Derid; 09/27/07 08:06 PM.