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November 26, 2008

V.P.-elect Biden famously linked patriotism and the payment of taxes during the recent presidential campaign. Now it looks like a legal maneuver will help Minnesotans show their patriotism by going to a strip club:

According to an agreement approved on Monday by a federal judge, King of Diamonds strip club owner Larry Kladek will plead guilty next month to a single count of tax evasion. But the plea has been delayed to allow Kladek to keep his liquor license for the coming year -- and to continue making money to pay back taxes.
Kladek was expected to plead guilty Nov. 21. But the Inver Grove Heights City Council meets Dec. 8 to review liquor licenses. The city has indicated that it would revoke Kladek's license if he is convicted. So attorneys agreed to delay his plea until Dec. 11.

"The United States believes that requiring Mr. Kladek to plead guilty prior to Dec. 8, 2008, would unnecessarily damage defendant Kladek's capacity to continue to earn a living and, derivatively, to pay to the United States back taxes which are due and oweing," attorneys wrote in a motion.

So by helping Mr. Kladek pay his taxes, strip club patrons are doing their part for their country. As Thomas Jefferson might have said, disrobing is the highest form of patriotism!

Tags: tax crime.