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Last week, we posted the link to an interview in which Sen. Harry Reid said repeatedly that paying income taxes in the U.S. is strictly voluntary.  Apparently, former DC mayor Marion Barry is on the same page as Reid.

If you missed the Reid interview, here’s the link again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg

Trust me, this is worth watching.

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Excerpted from AP, “Prosecutors ask judge to send Barry to jail”, Feb 10, 2009

Former Washington mayor Marion Barry was given three years of probation in 2006 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges for failing to file his tax returns from 1999 to 2004. As part of a plea bargain, he agreed to file future federal and local tax returns annually.

Now, prosecutors have asked a federal judge Monday to send  to jail for failing to file his tax returns for the eighth time in nine years.

If the judge decides not to send Barry to jail, prosecutors asked for a hearing so that Barry can explain his conduct and prosecutors can seek to extend his probation by two years.

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Barry served four terms as mayor. In 1990, during his third term, he was videotaped in a hotel room smoking crack cocaine in an FBI sting. He served a six-month prison sentence and in 1994 was re-elected to the mayor’s office for another four-year term.

Full article:
http://wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1597042 

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