HeavenlyPossum on Nostr: Earlier this month, Charles Littlejohn began serving a five-year prison sentence for ...
Earlier this month, Charles Littlejohn began serving a five-year prison sentence for the crime of making public the tax returns of Donald Trump and thousands of other wealthy Americans.
Littlejohn is the reason the public knows the effective tax rates of rich Americans, which is lower than the tax rate paid by everyone else.
Littlejohn is, in short, a hero.
Under sentencing guidelines, the maximum penalty for the crime of disclosing tax returns is 10 months. The federal judge who sentenced him—a Biden appointee—gave him six times the maximum sentence.
If you ever wonder why Biden has been so reluctant to address Trump’s many, many crimes, Littlejohn’s case serves as a clear answer: preserving the status quo, including the secrecy and prerogatives of the ultra-rich, is by far more important than addressing the crimes of one of those ultra-rich, even one who attempted a coup.
Our elites would rather take the risk of Donald Trump blowing up their system than knowingly help plebeians like Littlejohn threaten the whole edifice.
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax
Littlejohn is the reason the public knows the effective tax rates of rich Americans, which is lower than the tax rate paid by everyone else.
Littlejohn is, in short, a hero.
Under sentencing guidelines, the maximum penalty for the crime of disclosing tax returns is 10 months. The federal judge who sentenced him—a Biden appointee—gave him six times the maximum sentence.
If you ever wonder why Biden has been so reluctant to address Trump’s many, many crimes, Littlejohn’s case serves as a clear answer: preserving the status quo, including the secrecy and prerogatives of the ultra-rich, is by far more important than addressing the crimes of one of those ultra-rich, even one who attempted a coup.
Our elites would rather take the risk of Donald Trump blowing up their system than knowingly help plebeians like Littlejohn threaten the whole edifice.
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax