Closing arguments are scheduled for today in Richard Hatch's tax evasion trial. The IRS contends that Hatch owes back
taxes on his $1 million prize when he won the first edition of Survivor in 2000. He's also accused of not
paying taxes on other income that year and of using money on himself that he had set aside for a charity.Hatch's lawyer argued that the producers of Survivor made a deal with his client to pay taxes on his win when he caught the other castaways eating unauthorized food. But, Hatch never actually testified to that claim while he was on the stand. As for the $25,000 he was supposed to give to charity, Hatch had 3 explanations. First, he said that he put the checks in his own bank account since his charity didn't have an account. He also blamed the credit union for actually writing the checks to him, but a bank teller refutes Hatch's story. And he says the charity money he spent on renovations on his home was legit since he runs his charity, a wilderness retreat for troubled kids, out of the home. Survivor executive producer Mark Burnett testified that Hatch, just like every other Survivor contestant, signed an agreement that he would be responsible for the taxes on any winnings.















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2-10-2006 @ 1:35PM
dee said...
Just a suggestion, donna boo, but I'd consider switching to decaf if I were you.
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1-24-2006 @ 9:39AM
B said...
Wow, Richard Hatch is a lying, conniving scumbag? I'm shocked, shocked!
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1-24-2006 @ 11:10AM
Emily said...
Does anyone know if he will go to jail if he loses or will he just have to pay up?
What an idiot.
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1-24-2006 @ 12:04PM
Seth Brundle said...
Does he have a REALLY bad lawyer or no lawyer???
How does one go into court pleading innocent with that defense?
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1-28-2006 @ 3:27AM
WILLIAM said...
WHAT..../??
FORTUNATLY IN AMERICA YOU ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY...>
WHAT KIND OF FOOL WOULD PLEAD GUILTY EVEN IF HE IS?
HOW WOULD WE THEN BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL THE LAYWERS IN OUR GREAT LEGAL SYSTEM I ASK YOU?
RESPECTFULLY
INNOCENT FOR NOW
WILLIAM
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1-30-2006 @ 4:27AM
donna boo said...
Well,If anyone really want to know the truth,then here it is. Or WILL YOU PUT YOUR DAMN HEAD IN THE SAND AS USUAL? The Income Tax law was never ratified. It is not LEgal. They lead you to believe that you are a TAXPAYER,YOU aRE NOT!!!!!! UNless you want to donate,thas really what the W2 Forms are,A donation sheet in disguise as W2 how many do you claim,CRAP.
It is so ILLEGAL,and to really boggle the mind,all the damn judges are in on it,they put poeple in jail for tax evasion,ILLEGAL,they seize homes,ILLEGAL.
The public just seems to think they have to and then the gov. makes it convenient for you to continue this false thought. They have to tax straight across the board,not one amount in this state and another in anohter state,like Prostitution is legal in one but not in any ohters. Well,you have to tax all the same and it has to be signed by one individual ,and they rob you,us,and no-0one ever asks question. Look in the law books,they will put you on a wild gooschase trying to find out where it says you have to pay taxes. You wont find it! ITS NOT THERE!!!! they will keep sending you to another law or page and then another,most get discouraged. MOST poele jsut dont realize that the government is screwing us,has been,vnever cures you. invests in pharmacuticals and oil,whom bin laden was bushes financer for his first business and has been close with bin laden family since. uh huh. Clinton is chinese . Uh huh
Oil replenishes itself,not from damn DINOsaurs!!!!!!What a scam,and poeple stil believe we have a shortage. Well,why would your stupid government make the whole country so relaiant on something that they depended on foreign countries to get? Now that would be dumb,wouldnt it? yet,you believe tht they are running out. Maybe of steel,not enought to go around in future,but oil replenishes itself,have overabundance.If keep using it,kill planet ,kill us. Govt knows,dont care,guess they have way out of here. space stations anyone? oh,those arent for you turkey. And start taking back your responsibilities to this world,to your neighbor,turn off that brain washing tube. they can legally subliminally brainwash you thru the tv,not the movie theatre,but perfectly legal thru tv. Notice how such expensive comercials will sometimes be on,one after the other in an hour show,maybe 4 times,thats alot fo money,but they keep slammingyou with repetition and then your brain absorbs it,it gets use to the loud commercail(always louder than tv show,notice?) well,that alerts you subconsciously to pay attention and then they charge you astronomical prices for these pills that never ever cure you,cost an arm and a leg,but your stomache might hurt,you bladder sting,inconsitancy,what ever they blurb at the end,hell,they been poisoning us for years thru the food they govern,take stuff we need to excel in our abilities and keep us in limbo,so they can control,come on folks. wake the hell up. they will never pay the deficit,they take a loan out the day you are born(birth certificate)and make a bsuiness out of you(ALL CAPS NAME IS NOT CIVIL OR YELLOW FLAG IN COURTROOM) your name isn small letters is you,no yellow trim on flag in curt. They will try you as either and let you think it s legal. check out the flags folks. You are still under english rule. Bar,cross the bar,maritime rules? what the hell? WHy we only have birth certificares? how that gonna stop terorists? they dont have numbers. England keeps your numbers in their files. Oh,Since they take a loan out on your business name against it,spend the money,charge the civil name taxes that arent legal any more than the loan they took without your knowledge,so you have them trying to pay a loan with a loan,and they will never get it payed. they built the damn island,printed the notes,then realized they should let the government borrow from jeckel island. hummmm,kinda a dumn move,print your money and charge yourself?Then put all the money you lose conveniently(trillion)in Swiss Bank Accounts,so No-one know s where it is. WHy would a country pu their money in a swiss foreign account,they being the smallest country in the world,dont even have much of an armed force to secure it,yet it seems to stay neutral every war. well,if I were the enemy,I would attack Switzerland first,get all the money,wont have to borrow from any rich monger country to financne my war,maybe they can borrow from me,but thats not logical to any other countries it seems in the past wars,they go around the money. DUMB dumb dumb. Now if you are creating the fake war,and then you control each side,then you would knw for sure it would be safe to put your money there and that you wont attack it,either side of you. Logical? Not attacking Switzerland,Ill-logical. Tearing down the trees that let you breath,ill-logical. poisoning the water you drink,hum...illl-logical. they keep it so its not that great for you. Imagion what we can do that they try so hard from birth to convince us of ,maybe might be worth finding ut! Question your leaders,they took over and think they can run with the ball. This republic needs to take back their sovereignty and boot them liars,out sourcing,land from under your feet selling,gonna put you in a camp soon loving,betrayers. Yeah,Notice how they sell to every foreign country,All OUr Land. We cannot go to any other country in world and buy land there if not a citizen of that country,but not in the USa,they sell it to whom ever has the money,so who has the moajority eventually,considering I dought it will be Americans,they cant afford their homes,schooling for the kids,hell they cant even raise their kids,both have to work to scrape by,so kids run rampate,guess whos watching them,the priest that pedifile them,the bushes selling their drugs to them,. New orleans has a well that was conveniently discovered off the coast right after Katrina. I thought for the worlds third largest import area,you would think the USA would better secure it,kept denying the damns to be fixed. humm,haliburton gets no bid contracts of Iraq and New orleans two months before they seem to attack or have hurricanes. Thats the democratic way,no bid contracts,mkae the destruction,then hire yourself,then starve some people ,let the big businesses all merge into supercorps and make everylaw to protect corporations and then leave you holding the empty bag. cant sue,cant grow herbs,they can sell cigarettes but you cant smoke them int he city. they seem to know alot of everything they take polls,after poll,but they didnt seem to save enought money for social security of baby boomers. hummm,Did you not think we would live that long,so screw it,it aint gonna come up? Uh,cetainly there is a good reason they can give as too how stupid that excuse is and either way,i want you not in control of all the money you lose,cant seem to keep,keep asking for more and more and more,where ever does it go?You tell me how they are in your interst,have your wellfare at heart,wehre you gonna live wehn they sell all the land to foreigners,they make it so everyone gets government loans but ones who are from here. I cant own a 7-11,I cant get laon for college,I cant even get my social security now suppossedly,but they keep taking it out fo my damn check! WHAT???? The taxes they want are not even LEGAL. So wake -up folks,Do some checking,they have secret underground whole new president,all thats garbage to ensure the continuance if anything should happen. You tell me,how you think they make it so,you can get insured to have a baby,but they wont give you incentive,discount to get stuff to keep from having bebies. they let the world mutiply like rabbits,so they could feast off the spoils when the economy was hot and heavy,then whomp,time to collect. gotta kill some of these liabilities off,before they want to collect. You think they have any intention of paying you what they say they might have for you,its not even guearanteed,hell,your company you work for can maybe lsoe all thier retirement funds,they get bonuses anfter giviing their clients paycuts,stategic,have private stockholders meetings? Make laws so you cant get information,they write the books you larn from,Dinosaur shit? getting it? They run the universities they control the media,what your told,how often,(11,gee,ten minutes later,every news cast had the same footage,knew who did it,had Bin laden picture on hand,how convenient,without threat of persecution or maybe peggint he wrong guy,they all knoew without a shoadow of a dought,that they could televise it,every waking minute,so you could get thoroughtly brainwashed and not ask questions like how does one guy on a plane out of over 100,be theonly one to call out on cell phone,then twice he calls,and then twice he never talk s to his wife,always chats with operator,i dont use operator to call home,do you? Imm about to die and I have a chat with operator. Poeple jsut sit ther with their phones and say,no,the able to use my phone light isnt on in the cabin. yeah,right. Keep watching your boob toob. One day,you will be conveniently hooked up permanently to it,then they will show you all the nightmare movies they have stockpiled. OUt source your country,sell the land under your feet,feed you food without nutrician but lots of chemicals,try to make herbal natural products illegal,cant go bankrupt but those credid card compnaies still get to rape 27 percent out of you,the whole wolrd goes by credidt report now,why does my car insurance go off my spending? How do you jsutify? Why does the patent office have investors like walmart spending million s on brain monitor-control device for use in humans? Patent must be working proto-types,provent o be able to work before they gove it,cant get a patent on a idea,must be workable,so ,I wonder why walmart who has more security cameras in their parking lot than our government has on the pentagon,makes anyone who wants to sell their product in their store put in rfid tags,taht guess who financed and sells. Yep,your government,bankers,pharmacuticals,super corps ,that seem to say they can raise oil prices when they closed down the damn processing plants,why? so you can not have enough plant to process the damand,that hidden surprise,oops we had not idea again? Why buy it elsewehre wehn you got it here,keeps filling up offf louisianna cost,wont go dry,ltos of dinosaurs,right. what the hell are they doing up ther in antartica?
What weapons of mass destruction are we still looking for? How id bin laden think he could take ou tthe USa ,but letting us re-group,get back on our feeet,and then threaten us threee years later,seems to me,you really wanted to tear down USA,would have kept up while it was hurting us,coulda gotton us good,but no,waits three years,makes no sense. Guy cant show his face any wehere,didnt finish the job,has plaenty of money,people willing to blow themsleves up(5 of the terrorists by the way,are walking around alive. Miracle,huh?) jsut like the terrorists travel with their correct documents and seem to be the only ones or only one thing found in the pentagon explosion,like I would bring my real papers,then if you knew who they were,what the hell is all this identity law crap gonna change. weretn they going to universities here,tht the government gave aide to for? taking flight shcools,have plenty of id,go blow yourself up. wake -up fols,the ony ones who made out on this deal,is you know who with the queen of the underworld as the staue on the white house of government. hummm,do they mention that in the tour? that they are in shape of pentagon the city and the points of interst like masonic halls,etc. you give your authority away for so long,then you think the ones who have the power to make all your decisions are doing it like they are suppose to be,you give anyone that much power and think they won abuse it,you are WRONG> if you are os blind,to see how the world is not getting any better,at this rate,you will be taxed out,poverty stricken,home and land taken,probaly wont qualify for unemployment,they deny most legal cases,thats how they keep them numbers down. why not let mexicans in,or make that mean leader pay them wages that are fare,so they dont have to run over here. seems easier. thenwe have more jobs,maybe we iwll be running over there soon,not a good idea to block the exit. You thnk cuba is some real threat? no way,hiding spot. Switzerland seems to be the place to go in war,oh ,we are in state of war,I mean give corporations stupid rights to take employees wages and rape them leagally in this state of war,to find shit that aint there,kill our kids so they dont have to pay thier insurance,schooling,retirements,china htinks it to their benefit for some reason without threat of extinction to kill only girl babies,make million men army,oh that not to use,just for fun,lots of frustrated chinamen looking for a date,ya think? oh they are building weapons of mass destruction,but i guess they dont have any oil,you think? or jsut trust china so much because Bill Clinton is of the IIluminatti Lee family.Doesnt metion that? Bush and bin laden freinds,mention that? Mention the terrorists some how hopped out of burning planes and are walking around alive. most secure building in the USA has no footage or pictures,too bad it wasnt a walmart. They want to know how and hwo has what bak account,all same id across the states,but voting will still be state optional,keep them chads a danglilng,like you had a choice anyway. who the hell can run for office,afford too,but whome they finance to puppeteer for them. republic of what? free to do what? sovereign to what? Innocent until what? Laws to protect me,what? Doctor can leave sponge,me not sue,signed release form,only way he will operate,had too,but they can charge me $32,00 for a box of tissues,$12.00 for a tylenol? Man,Im no accountant,but I can see how they might cut costs,and maybe not charge me a life salary for non-sue-able operation,they added sponge for free,probably caused with toxic wastes i drink or are exposed too all day. If I want to sue any one,they have more money,all the lawyers,all the time,im free to go home,still got one? I dont. Free to do what? Cry maybe,they will take that right away before long,. The Incentive or Desired Attainment at end of project must be worht the means it takes to get it. The been doing alot of planning,alot fo decieving,alot of years folks,to get to this point,D_DAY,You gonna sit ther and hope it dont happen? you see any past history of their actions that would logically,enable you to even contemplate taht thought? No way,All past lies,lead me to believe,aint nothing what they said it would be,Excuses,lies,coverups,too much control,my wolrd getting shittier by the minute. Dont see much leading me to believe they are going to have a sudden change of heart,but I cant do shit without YOU.Wake UP. Beofre they have a guy with a gun in your face,and we all dont have choice, They are not letting all these bodies get old,USa will not always be never attacked,you dont build Nuclear weapons,enough to blow the world up 80 times over,but rationalize spending moe money on more of them,as if they will be of use,cant bow up what isnt ther any more,quit building them. Quit letting all the foreigners buy my land I cant afford to keep any more becasue my job laid me off wehn the USa made out sourceing legal and of rthe past 50 years had every countries inmports here to let them get big and strong while we had a few car and plants here,but let all them ship theirs too cheaper.Well,we know how they got rich,we paid ,we bought their products that were economically feasable tos hip all that way and still make profit,government probalby gave incentiuve or paid for most of it,at the rate they go,then they can build there million men armies,buy all our land,then come live oever here and we will be cheap labor and they can ship the stuff we make back to china or whrever. Made in USA? Nah,at the rate we are going,so mane miles a minute being sold,Im guessing your USA if not blwon away,will be up for sale to one who has most land. Miami beach owned by BIn Laden,Keep oFF! I can see it now. I dont know where we are gonna live. WE CANT BUY LAND IN ANY OHTER COUNTRY,NOT UNLESS YOU ARE FROM THAT FORIEGN COUNTRY,THEY PROTECT THEIR ASSETS,GUESS THEY PLAN ON STAYING AROUND,HUH? WHAT ABOUT YOUR LEADERS?YEAH,YOU BETTER STRAT BEING NICE TO CANADA AND MEXICO,LONG WALK EITHER WAY.WHEN YOUR PROPERTY GETS SEIZED AND SOLD TO NO-ONE IN THE USA,HOPE THEY START LETTING FOREIGHNERS IN OTHER LANDS,CAUSE WE BE SCREWED.COUNTRYLESS,HOMELESS,GOT AN ID CARD THOUGH! SEE!!!!!!!!!! EVEN A CHIP IN MY ARM,SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY GET GOOD LAUGH WEHN THEY SEE ME SCAVENGE FOR SMALL SPOT ON EARTH I CAN STAND HUNGRY AT. YOU GUYS STILL THINK THEY ARE HERE IN YOUR BEST INTERST? MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO REGROUP AND SILENTLY BEFORE THEY CAN MONITOR YOU,OH THEY ALREADY CAN,THATS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU,WELL,ELEMNET OF SURPRISE MIGHT BE LOST BUT THE ALTERNATIVE WILL BE WORSE I THINK,THE STICK MY HEAD IN THE SAND AND PAY MY TAXES,HOPE IT GOES AWAY STORY,YOU WILL JUST BE SCREWING THE ONES THAT DONT HAVE THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND BUT NOT ENOUGH OF US,WE NEED YOU TOO. BEOFRE IT TOO LATE AND THEY KILL A THIRD OF US OFF,CREATE SOME CATASTROPHE TO FRAZZLE AND SAVE THE DAY AND STILL HAVE TIME TO MAKE LAWS,GO ON VACTION,CONTROL YOUR WATERWELL,S,CONTROL IT ALL,YOU WILL BE AT THEIR MERCY FOLKS,ARE YOU THAT SURE ,LIKE BIN LADEN DID IT TEN MINUTES AFTER HIT SURE? LIKE HOW SURE,ENOUGH TO DIE SURE? gO FIND WHERE IT SAY YOU ARE A TAXPAYER AND THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY TAXES. GO ON,GO AHEAD.TRY THEN TRY AND TELL YOUR CONSCIENCE AND YOUR MAKER WHY YOU DID NOTHING WHEN YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED THE ANHIALATION OF SO MANY POEPLE,BUT YOU FOUND IT TOO SCARY OR OUT THERE,BUT CHICKEN SHITS AND ASSHOLES ALL RUN THE SHOW DONT TEHY,WE GET TO WATCH AS WE GET TO GO DOWN THE DRAIN WITH THEM,SAND BAGGERS,HEAD BAGGERS,THANKS FOR NOTHING,HOPE YOU DO ALL PAY FOR WHAT YOU/VE DONE IN NEXT LIFE,I REALLY HOPE THERE IS SOME KIND OF PUNISHMENT FOR SELLING YOUR OWN POEPLE OUT! ISNT THAT WHY THEY KILL IN WARS,GOD BELIEF SYSTEM A BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHERS? RIGHT,WHICH BIBLE HAS JESUS DEFIANTLY ATTACKING POEPLE? KILLING FO THAT MATTER? HUMM,IM SURE HE WOULD APPRECIATE THE KIND JESTURE OF ELLIMINATING THE POPULATION POPLE HE THOUGH SHOULD BE BORN INTO THIS WORLD,BUT HEY,YOU/LL KNOW SO WELL,THAT HE MADE MISTAKE AND IN HIS NAME KILL THEM,CHANGE HIS BIRTHDAY EVEN,DEC. 25 ISNT JESUS REAL BIRTHDAY,THAS BALSY,SHOWS ME HWO MUCH THEY RESPECT HIM,SON OF GOD,BLOW OFF HIS BRITHDAY,GET ALL OF HUMANITY TO CELEBRATE WRONG DAY,KILL HIS CHILDREN,SOUNDS LOGICAL TO ME,YEAH GREAT WAY TO GET ON GODS GOOD SIDE,OR MAYBE THAT QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD STAUE ON THE WHITE HOUSE IS SOME INDICATION AS TO THEIR REAL BELEF AND LOYALTY. WHAT IS BEING HDDEN IN THE VATICAN CUTY,ALL THE MONEY THEY PAY OUT FOR SHUT UP MONEY TO PAY PEDIFILES FAMILIES VICTIMS? SEEN MANY PREISTS IN PRISON?THEY JUST MOVE THEM TO ANOTHER FLOCK,TOO DESTROY,WATCHING A CRIME TAKE PLACE,IS THAT LIKE CONFESSION WHERE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT REPEAT ADMISSIONS OF GUILT? OR SI THAT SOMEHOW LIKE BEING A PARTICIPANT IN THE OFFENSE,YOU KNOW WHATCHING THE GUY STAB THE PERSONE TO DEATH,YEAH,NOT YOUR HAND ON KNIFE,BUT NOT YOUR MOUTH SCREAMING HIM TO STOP EITHER. AMAZING,ALL THESE LAWS AND NONE OF THEM SEEM TO WORK RIGHT. THE BEST SYSTEM IN THE WORLD,HUH? WHO PUTS THE JUSDGES ON THE BENCH? SO THE ONES THAT THE JUDGES MIGHT ONE DAY RULE AGAINS,ARE THE ONE TATH GET TO PICK THEM. OH,THATS FARE AND IMPARTIAL. NO CONFLICT OF INTERST AT ALL MR.BUILD THE PRISONS /WAR ON DRUGS TO FILL PRISONS,PRESIDENT.NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST AT ALL.iM CAN SEE HOW YOU WONT HAVE ANY MONEY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY,2012,OVER 75 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WILL BE OVER 50,YEAH,RAISE THOSE INSURANCE RATES,TAKE THOS E JOBS,NEVER CURE A SOUL,NO INSURANCE,PULL THIER PLUG,YOU THINK YOUR GOONA BE HAVING SOME GOLDEN GOLDEN YEARS? I THINK YOU ARE COLOR BLIND,CHICKEN SHIT GREEDY BLIND. SELL OUT ,LET US ALL GO DOWN DUE TO YOUR LACK OF INVOLVEMENT BLINDED FROM THE TRUTH WE ALL DIE,BLIND. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR,ALL MEN CREATED EQUAL,LAND OF THE FREE,HOME OF THE BRAVE,WHO WROTE ALL THESE TALL TALES,?yEAH,tALL TALES.hEARD THERE USE TO BE WHALES TOO. oLD MYTHS,SOUNDS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE.YEAH,THAS ALL FAIRY TALES,NO FREEDOM,NO LOVE,NO OCEANS UNPOLUTED TO SUSTAIN LIFE LIKE A BIG WHALE. MY,I ALMOST FELL FOR IT. BESIDES,HOW YOU GONNA GET THE GAS MASK ON A WHALE?
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