Reply #11: What about anyone who can't afford to pay their taxes? [View All]

[Barack_America]

Consequences for not paying one's taxes is hardly new.

That's what I don't get about so many people asking this question. It seems to me that a lot of people are foolishly falling for a GOP scare tactic.

Like regular taxes, I imagine there is a lot of room between late payment penalties and prison. The $250,000 fine and jail time will likely be reserved for the biggest of dodgers, people like Leona Helms. But if anyone is going to be possibly subjected to it, the maximum penalty has to be explicitly stated.