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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (67696)	7/1/2009 4:03:59 PM
From: Neeka	2 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 224744

Guess which party Harriet Walters contributed to 100% of the time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tax Scam Leader Gets More Than 17 Years By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Harriette Walters, a former mid-level D.C. tax office manager, was sentenced yesterday to 17 1/2 years in federal prison, capping the prosecution of the largest embezzlement in District government history. This Story Although she apologized for her conduct, Walters continued to display the confidence of a woman who managed to steal $48.1 million in fraudulent tax refunds over almost two decades before she was caught. "If you put me back in there today," Walters told a federal judge, "I could get each of you a check." Wearing a blue jail jumpsuit and glasses, Walters scribbled notes for much of the hearing and displayed no emotion when U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan delivered the sentence. "I have accepted full responsibility for the part I played," Walters said, adding that when she was arrested in November 2007 she made a "decision not to lie anymore." Ten others, including some of Walters's friends and relatives, have received prison terms for their participation in the fraud, which was uncovered in 2007. Authorities say they have recovered about $10 million in cash and assets, but the rest evaporated in gambling trips and purchases of expensive clothes, jewelry, cars and furniture. In sentencing Walters to near the top end of a range laid out in her plea deal, Sullivan said he wanted to send a message. "This scheme was very sophisticated," Sullivan told a courtroom packed with law enforcement and District officials, as well as reporters. "The city lost. The citizens lost." The judge cut six months off Walters's maximum sentence because Walters has been cooperating with District officials who are trying to determine how someone could steal so much money for so long. Federal prosecutors urged Sullivan to impose the maximum sentence of 18 years, accusing Walters of being a sophisticated and callous scam artist. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy G. Lynch said such punishment would be poetic justice. "It's one year for each year she stole from the city," Lynch said. Walters's defense attorney, Steve Tabackman, said a 15-year sentence, the bottom of the plea deal's range, would be sufficient. The 52-year-old suffered severe childhood traumas, Tabackman said. She was deeply insecure, he said, and her stealing allowed her to see herself as a benefactor to friends and co-workers. "Ms. Walters is not callous to the needs of others," he said, adding that crime stemmed, in part, "from her complex psychological needs." more....... washingtonpost.com

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (67696)	7/1/2009 5:10:36 PM
From: John Carragher	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

what a cop out!!!!!!!!!!!!! "It’s not fair to expect Mr. Obama’s economists to be clairvoyant" of course nytimes will argue he did no wrong..... they support the guy right or wrong. they were the best of the best,, with one problem.. none of them supported tax cuts , immediately, give it to consumers to start spending. Nope.. half the crap is long term, states haven't even gone out to bid to spend the money,, or are using the money which is against what Obama said them to use it for ,, to pay bills and keep the state going. The problem too was Obama didn't control the stimulus package and let a democrat congress put everything in the package except tax cuts. imo obama shows me lack of leadership.. He is lead by a leash by democrat committee and he is the dummy speaker.. Hits the tv and cable daily, cannot get one word out without reading it over a monitor. If he takes his eyes off the monitor he gets lost, confused. its not about Obama , it about the democrat machine running wild , unchecked, until those who voted for it go against it.. Until then no stopping it , they already brought in another clown. cap and trade will not generate jobs it will end up picking the pockets of people who voted for Obama