Michael Grimm (R-NY) Pleads Guilty to "Not Being Man Enough" to Pay His Taxes Like Everybody Else.

[TrollBuster9090]

That's right, tough guy Michael "I'll break you in half like a boy" Grimm shit his pants, and copped a plea bargain when some nerds at the IRS threatened him with a pen. Grimm will plead guilty tomorrow to one count of hiding a few million dollars in taxes from his restaurant, and hiring illegal aliens. (Seriously, you don't REALLY think Republicans want to deport all the poor bastards who make them rich, do you?)

The interesting question now is, will he RESIGN like he said he would if found guilty of Tax Evasion. Or, will he fiddle, and say "oh no....I said I'd resign if I was FOUND guilty, not if I PLEAD guilty..."

Story Details here: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/grimm-plead-guilty-felony-count-tax-evasion-article-1.2053630

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. The reason America wont survive, ultimately, is that this person was reelected

That level of purposeful ignorance and hate on the part of voters will surely destroy us eventually.

[Mass]

5. I suspect he was reelected because people thought there would be a special election if he won

and they would be stuck with Recchia for two years if he won.

Hopefully, democrats will find a decent candidate this time. No need for a rocket scientist, but somebody who can say a few sentences without looking totally stupid would be nice.

[Ken Burch]

2. If he did resign, would a Dem have any chance of taking the seat?

Or is it hopelessly 'mandered?

[hrmjustin]

4. It is my district and it depends if Former congressman McMahon runs.

If he runs we have a chance but in the end the odds are against us.

[Initech]

3. Ah an elected representative of the "I've got mine, fuck you" crowd.

[TrollBuster9090]

6. You've got to feel sorry for the poor schmuck. Congress just passed a bill to GUT the IRS, and

if he'd cheated on his taxes just a couple of years later, they probably never would have caught it. Not with half of the IRS's auditors laid off.

[Initech]

8. As an accounting major and someone who has taken tax classes...

It's truly stunning how ignorant people are when it comes to taxes. About what can and can't be deducted, about what qualifies as a business expense, about where your tax dollars actually go. Truly this should be a required class in order to graduate. A lot of our political infighting could be solved if people just learned what was on their tax forms, and I think the system gets heavily abused because of people who are ignorant when it comes to taxes.

[TrollBuster9090]

10. Absolutely, both financial management (including the tax code), and civics should be taught in

school. But instead, we've got politicians who are fighting to have intelligent design taught in school.

[malaise]

7. What a Grimm fairy tale for Christmas

Couldn't happen to a nicer man

[Babel_17]

9. He neglected to use the 1040P form

https://archive.org/stream/National_Lampoon_v1n38_1973-05_Fraud#page/n33/mode/2up
The tables are quite clear.
https://archive.org/stream/National_Lampoon_v1n38_1973-05_Fraud#page/n35/mode/2up

[TrollBuster9090]

11. Alternatively, he could have bought a DRESSAGE HORSE, fed it $500,000 worth of gormet oats,

and then write it off as a BUSINESS EXPENSE the way Mitt Romney did.

[Babel_17]

12. For those who missed it, a must see (imo)

http://videosift.com/video/SNL-Spoof-of-Michael-Grimms-Threatening-of-Reporter

[47of74]

15. Here's the video from YouTube

[brooklynite]

13. My guess is he'll resign as part of a deal to stay out of jail...

Says something though that he ran for re-election "knowing" he was guilty.

[Babel_17]

14. Sounds possible

The Judge and DA might say they are taking the disgrace of having to resign into account. But, yeah, he ran knowing he was guilty. So maybe that argument will be ignored like the one of the patricide/matricide pleading for mercy due to being an orphan.