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John McAfee, Creator of McAfee Antivirus Has "Committed Suicide"

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yup USA don't play with taxes thats how they took down Al Capone...and thats how it looks like the US will take down Allen Weisselberg and his boss.

Capone was pulling in the equivalent of $900 million a year in today’s money of un-reported income. It’s really amazing how much money / crime prohibition generated.

Tax fraud is also very difficult to prove since it generally requires you prove intent. In Trump’s case it’s very likely he winds up settling and paying back taxes before going to prison. It’s possible they will be able to prove intent, but Trump had been very good at taking advantage of intent being very difficult to prove.
 

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As much as I'd like to believe that he was murdered as part of some grand conspiracy, sadly I'm sure he actually did kill himself despite his assertions that he wouldn't. He was facing decades in American prison, far more than what murderers and rapists serve, all for...refusing to fund genocide abroad and domestic extrajudicial execution? Doesn't seem right. Should have let him go. How much could he possibly "owe" anyway? A few thousand maybe? Damn shame.
Right, he did go as far as to make that tweet and get this tattoo about never killing himself, but even still...
 
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You and I are in agreement that there are loopholes that need to be closed, enforcement needs to be consistent, etc. However, the IRS does indeed take taxation seriously, despite having one hand tied behind their back.

No major disagreement there. The employees at the IRS do take their jobs seriously. The root cause is Congress and the White House (both parties). One aspect of limited resources is going after people who can’t defend themselves as well in an audit situation.

Even if individual agents take their jobs very seriously, it’s hard for me to say collectively the IRS is taking enforcement seriously when there are hundreds of millions in outstanding taxes. McAfee’s case also involved fraud (which is taken a little more seriously overall).
 

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well to be fair, Most people who kills themselves don't t plan it out years in advance. Heck most would never think of it as a option till it happens... thats not how mental illness works..
Yeah, that's what I was trying to allude to with the "even still". Dude was bonkos.
 
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The United States takes taxation very seriously.

Right, IRS is no joke and it is one of most asshole agency.

Right now, IRS is going after US citizens who earned money oversea and deposit into foreign bank, so that why many wealthy people tend to renounce the US citizenship.

If John McAfee was in Russia or China so he will not extradited at all, but his libertarian view doesn't mix with Chinese's communist system well.
 

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Right now, IRS is going after US citizens who earned money oversea and deposit into foreign bank, so that why many wealthy people tend to renounce the US citizenship.
Lol, wealthy people and corporations pay some of the lowest tax rates in the world here.

If John McAfee was in Russia or China so he will not extradited at all, but his libertarian view doesn't mix with Chinese's communist system well.
1. This is the USA, an ultra-capitalist country.
2. Even China claiming to be communist in the modern day is a joke, their wealth and income disparity is second only to our own. Nixon introduced them to capitalism and by now their authoritarian oligarchs have fully embraced it.
 

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Lol, wealthy people and corporations pay some of the lowest tax rates in the world here.

Yes, they do but they want to avoid paying tax at all, so that are their goals.

1. This is the USA, an ultra-capitalist country.

I guess, I thought we have mixed economy system, even with crappy social programs.

2. Even China claiming to be communist in the modern day is a joke, their wealth and income disparity is second only to our own. Nixon introduced them to capitalism and by now their authoritarian oligarchs have fully embraced it.

I know that China isn't true communist but they rather to brand as communist country - it is fake communist country.

Yes, authoritarian and autocrat are proper definition of China.
 

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Yes, they do but they want to avoid paying tax at all, so that are their goals.
Yes I would also like some free money, but for anybody middle class or below, actually obtaining it is a crime. So it should be for millionaires and billionaires too.

I guess, I thought we have mixed economy system, even with crappy social programs.
Hardly, our social programs don't measure up even to other first-world capitalist nations in scope or quality.
 

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Yes I would also like some free money, but for anybody middle class or below, actually obtaining it is a crime. So it should be for millionaires and billionaires too.

I agree, I believe that rich people need to pay more tax - higher tax bracket.

Hardly, our social programs don't measure up even to other first-world capitalist nations.

True, I think that series of welfare reform in 1980s and 1990s watered the social programs down very much.

There is one exception - the US has better accessibility for deaf people, especially closed caption and subtitle requirement in contents and require businesses to find and cover the cost of interpreting that isn't possible in many countries, but as for social programs, not anymore - UK and Australia beat the US and Canada.
 
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Lot of McAfee experts here, but nobody has asked the important question.

Did McAfee eat his own dick?
 

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lmao. it will all come to fruition. just wait. We've seen several contents that epstein had which the incriminating eveidence pointed to, and now churches won't lie to you about this either. It's clear what happened.
 

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