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Celebrities and the Taxman – Part 2

The other day, I blogged about celebrities with current tax woes. But, what of those that fell out of the good graces of the IRS in the past? Spiro Agnew learned that being the Vice President of the U.S. wasn’t enough to ward off the IRS when they came looking for their money. In 1973, there was an investigation into Agnew’s tax payments or rather lack there of. Agnew, also under investigation for extortion, bribery, and conspiracy, pleaded guilty to one charge of failure to report income and resigned from the office. Boris Becker tried to get out of paying … Continue reading →

Scary Places: Alcatraz

Let’s face it – when Alcatraz was open as a prison, it was a scary place. But now, even though the maximum security prison is open for tourism, it is still scary. Maybe because it is so isolated, sitting out there in the middle of the San Francisco bay, Alcatraz, also known as The Rock, has been used as a military fort, a military prison, and a federal prison. (This image from PD Photo.org has been released into the public domain by its author and copyright holder, Jon Sullivan.) The federal government acquired the island back in 1846 and the … Continue reading →