Lol @ thread title. I feel bad for the guy, but he wasn't here legally, didn't pay a penny in taxes, and tried to walk through an airport with nearly 60k in cash unnoticed. Common sense > him.

The human instinct is to be sympathetic, but DAMN!

He's not too swift...

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You do sort of feel bad for the guy. Why can't we just tax him the 34% or whatever it should have been taxed, tell him to pack his bags, give him his money and let him go. Then head over to the place he was working and fine them $500,000 for the turmoil.

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Concur.

Charge a "stupid tax," and move on.

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Another example of an individual who weather selfish, ignorant, or stupid comes here works but dosen't care enough or take interest enough in the laws of the land and runs afoul of the law. Perhaps learning to speak english would have prevented this problem because it seems clear that his spanish speaking friends didn't pull his coat.

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time posting in political threads in the lounge...

I sort-Of feel bad for him,but he was here illegally and tried to bring 59k WITHOUT being taxed a penny on it, I agree with Wag, tax him and send him on his way

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I don't feel for him at all especially in view of these comments.

They are treating me like a criminal when all I am is a working man," he said. and Zapeta admits he never paid taxes.

Come on dude your an illegal alien and........
You didn't pay taxes and your not a criminal?

But the rest of the action taken by the IRS may seem harsh but you can bet he's getting a good lesson..........


Zapeta's story became public last year on CNN and in The Palm Beach Post newspaper, prompting well-wishers to give him nearly $10,000 -- money that now sits in a trust.

Robert Gershman, one of Zapeta's attorneys, said federal prosecutors later offered his client a deal: He could take $10,000 of the original cash seized, plus $9,000 in donations as long as he didn't talk publicly and left the country immediately.

Zapeta said, "No." He wanted all his money. He'd earned it, he said.

Now, according to Gershman, the Internal Revenue Service wants access to the donated cash to cover taxes on the donations and on the money Zapeta made as a dishwasher. Zapeta admits he never paid taxes.

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Regardless of his 'attitude' a precedence should be set on how to deal with these matters and I don't think confiscating all the funds is it.

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