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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: Enlil]
#18922711 - 10/02/13 06:06 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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ever bought anything on a black market?
congratulations, you too are guilty of tax evasion.
Exactly! At least someone understands my point.
Sorry Enlil, I will agree on the case of selling hitman. I don't support all black markets... But tax evasion? For fucks sakes if the government let me pay taxes for my drugs instead of trying to arrest me and forcing me into a black market of adulterated products and inflated prices I would gladly do so every single time. But it's hardly tax evasion if you're buying products which aren't available with tax. I don't even know how it's logical to chastise people for not paying taxes that don't exist... Now I don't know what else they were selling that could have easily been done with honest legitimate business, but sadly that comes with the territory
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: daburghpsychonaut]
#18922714 - 10/02/13 06:06 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Just heard the news... my thoughts go out to DPR and his services will be dearly missed. I'll surely do anything in my power to help him out if at all possible.
Someone has to set up in his place; let's get to work! ..or, better yet, it was a scapegoat and DPR is still out there.
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: CidneyIndole]
#18922726 - 10/02/13 06:08 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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But I do find this somewhat hard to believe. I'm rather curious as to how you paid taxes on those transactions. Can you just anonymously pay tax to the government, no questions asked? (And wouldn't that be risky for one involved in drugs? That is, assuming you're not just sending the IRS cash in an envelope )
I declared it as "other income." It was a significant amount of money, but it wasn't for a long period of time...only one year.
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI *DELETED* [Re: daburghpsychonaut]
#18922728 - 10/02/13 06:09 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Post deleted by daburghpsychonautReason for deletion: fck you
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: daburghpsychonaut] 2
#18922777 - 10/02/13 06:23 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Did you just make a stupid point and now trying desperately trying to validate it?
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: Enlil]
#18922791 - 10/02/13 06:27 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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But I do find this somewhat hard to believe. I'm rather curious as to how you paid taxes on those transactions. Can you just anonymously pay tax to the government, no questions asked? (And wouldn't that be risky for one involved in drugs? That is, assuming you're not just sending the IRS cash in an envelope )
I declared it as "other income." It was a significant amount of money, but it wasn't for a long period of time...only one year.
For you to still say that you honestly think drug dealers could regularly pay taxes on their transactions makes me think you are just trolling at this point. The IRS isnt going to sit by and let someone claim thousands of dollars year after year without saying what they are doing, and having no other income
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: LiquidGlass] 2
#18922801 - 10/02/13 06:28 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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The IRS doesn't care as long as taxes are paid. The DEA might, but the IRS certainly doesn't give a shit.
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: Enlil]
#18922821 - 10/02/13 06:32 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Enlil said: The IRS doesn't care as long as taxes are paid. The DEA might, but the IRS certainly doesn't give a shit.
Actually they do care if you are making the money illegally and they are just another branch of govt. just as the DEA. They are all part of the same system
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: LiquidGlass] 1
#18922842 - 10/02/13 06:36 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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The IRS doesn't investigate whether you're making money illegally, and the tax code is very clear that even illegal income counts as income for the purposes of taxation.
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: Enlil]
#18922870 - 10/02/13 06:44 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Enlil said: The IRS doesn't investigate whether you're making money illegally, and the tax code is very clear that even illegal income counts as income for the purposes of taxation.

Correct, it's how they got big time gangsta's in the early years. Not paying taxes, regardless of where the income came from
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: Enlil]
#18922872 - 10/02/13 06:45 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Enlil said: The IRS doesn't investigate whether you're making money illegally, and the tax code is very clear that even illegal income counts as income for the purposes of taxation.
And it is pretty ridiculous to assume that the IRS does not communicate with the agencies that DO investigate illegal activity . . .
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: unknown1123]
#18922874 - 10/02/13 06:46 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Enlil said: The IRS doesn't investigate whether you're making money illegally, and the tax code is very clear that even illegal income counts as income for the purposes of taxation.

Correct, it's how they got big time gangsta's in the early years. Not paying taxes, regardless of where the income came from
And if Al Capone DID pay taxes they would have gotten him a lot earlier on a lot more charges . . .
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: LiquidGlass]
#18922889 - 10/02/13 06:49 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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The point is that I'm against people victimizing other people. If you believe drug dealing is a victimless crime, then so be it...but tax evasion certainly isn't. If one can't deal drugs without victimizing people, then one shouldn't deal drugs.
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI *DELETED* [Re: Enlil] 3
#18922926 - 10/02/13 06:55 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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god damn, the amount of people spewing bullshit in here is unbelievable 
money says a lot of them have never bought something from there let alone even visited the site
Enlil you were talking about how they had hired guns and stolen CC info on there.
Now saying drug dealers should pay taxes even though they will be investigated and jailed for doing so.
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: Enlil]
#18922951 - 10/02/13 07:05 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Enlil said: The point is that I'm against people victimizing other people. If you believe drug dealing is a victimless crime, then so be it...but tax evasion certainly isn't. If one can't deal drugs without victimizing people, then one shouldn't deal drugs.
Really? because I thought your point was about taxes originally. You have been going on about the lack of taxes being paid. And I do not think, and never implied, that dealing drugs was a victimless crime. Although there are plenty of things that are legal and taxed that have plenty of victims such as alcohol, tobacco, prescription meds, fast food . . .
My point being, the whole war on drugs is ludicrous and it is just as ludicrous to expect someone to pay money to a govt. that would imprison them for making that money
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: LiquidGlass]
#18923007 - 10/02/13 07:23 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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It's not ludicrous to expect people to pay their fair share to the government for the services they provide. That's what I expect from everyone, whether their living is made illegally or not.
If they can't earn their living without fucking over everyone else, they should find another profession.
It's not like it's difficult. Any drug dealer could declare their income as gambling winnings and no one would raise an eyebrow. They don't do it because they don't want to pay taxes...plain and simple.
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs' busted by the FBI (POST IN THIS THREAD, DON'T MAKE A NEW ONE) [Re: snoot]
#18923020 - 10/02/13 07:29 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Not surprised in the least the way all you little chatterboxes talk about it as if it's invincible and stuff. I've been telling people to hush about it for a couple years now and I was always dismissed.
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: Enlil] 1
#18923084 - 10/02/13 07:46 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Enlil said: It's not ludicrous to expect people to pay their fair share to the government for the services they provide. That's what I expect from everyone, whether their living is made illegally or not.
the gov't provides me with a road, so i pay the road & bridge tax... the gov't provides me with inspection for my meat & poultry, so i gladly pay the sales tax on those, and all other legal goods... the gov't makes damn sure they get income tax, my employer makes sure of it for them... as for any drug money, what service does my gov't provide in that area?.. risk of imprisonment?.. why the fuck would i pay for that... if they wanna play fair, i will too...
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Enlil said:Any drug dealer could declare their income as gambling winnings and no one would raise an eyebrow.
ever been to a casino, or the track?.. if so, you'd know that if there are any SUBSTANTIAL winnings involved, the IRS has an office there to discuss the details of such... not really gonna work too well...
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Enlil said:The point is that I'm against people victimizing other people. If you believe drug dealing is a victimless crime, then so be it...but tax evasion certainly isn't.
i think yr stretching the limit of the term "victim" when saying that a dealer not paying taxes hurts people...
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs' busted by the FBI (POST IN THIS THREAD, DON'T MAKE A NEW ONE) [Re: nicechrisman] 1
#18923093 - 10/02/13 07:47 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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I don't think your average drug dealer would even know what a tax form is. The most likely only know the food stamps, child support, govt handout forms
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Re: Silk Road, the 'eBay of illegal drugs', busted by the FBI [Re: leon trout]
#18923124 - 10/02/13 07:54 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yes, I've been to many casinos...I've won significant amounts in them, too. There is no IRS office, and I've no idea what you're talking about. You're legally required to report any winnings, and you don't always get paperwork. Anyone could declare any amount of winnings.
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