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The tax law: You gotta believe!
September 04, 2009
This year is the 40th anniversary of the worst summer ever, when the Cubs choked away a great big lead in the pennant race to the insufferable Mets, with their "you gotta believe" motto and their adoring homeboy media fans.
Things have gone downhill for a stalwart of that Mets team. Jerry Koosman imbibed tax protester ideas somewhere, and yesterday he was sentenced to six months in federal prison:
Federal prosecutors accused Koosman, 66, of not paying his federal income taxes for 2002, '03 and '04, costing the government as much as $90,000. Koosman contended that he had researched tax laws and concluded they applied only to federal workers, corporate employees and District of Columbia residents. He pleaded guilty in May to misdemeanor tax evasion for '02 in a deal with prosecutors.
I'm sure it's coincidence, not karma, though if Adolfo Phillips and Don Young are prison guards where he is going, I'll rethink that.
The Moral: You Gotta Believe! Because even if you don't, the judge does.
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Comments
1) The Cubs suck, and always will. Get over it already.
2) "'Ya Gotta Believe" was the motto of the '73 NL Champ team which lost to Oakland, and not the '69 Mets.
3) "Don Young" is probably the late Dick Young in your narrow feeble mind.
4) Koosman is, and has always has been, a gentleman, if an unsophisticated one.
5) The Cubs still suck.
6) Your blog sucks.
Peace.
Posted by: John | January 4, 2010 5:51 PM
Funny, you sound more like a White Sox fan than a Mets fan.
Posted by: Joe Kristan | January 4, 2010 8:50 PM