Senator Wants IRS to Chase After Pimps

[Judi Lynn]

Senator Wants IRS to Chase After Pimps
By MARY DALRYMPLE, AP Tax Writer

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

(06-27) 13:48 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

Pimps and sex traffickers could soon find themselves being chased by tax collectors, not just the vice squad.

Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, wants the Internal Revenue Service to chase after pimps and sex traffickers with the same fervor it stalked gangster Al Capone for tax evasion.

Grassley, R-Iowa, would hit pimps with fines and lengthy prison sentences for failing to file employment forms and withhold taxes for the women and girls under their command.

The proposal would make certain tax crimes a felony when the money comes from a criminal activity. A one-year prison sentence and $25,000 fine would become a 10-year sentence and $50,000 fine for each employment form that a pimp or sex trafficker fails to file.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/27/national/w134800D81.DTL&type=politics



Charles Grassley.

[zreosumgame]

1. Good, go after hot-tub Tom And Flush!

about dammed time too!

[babylonsister]

2. Damn good thing there's nothing else to worry about, Sen. Grassley.

BTW, shouldn't you be put out to pasture already?

[atreides1]

3. There is a difference

Some of what Capone was involved in were legitimate business ventures that failed to pay taxes, last time I looked prostitution was only legal in one state. So, is the good senator advocating the federal legalization of prostitution?

This man is certifiable!!!!

[Moderator]

4. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2359392