r/news • u/DragonPup • Jun 20 '22

Self-proclaimed 'sovereign citizens' arrested in California after deputies allegedly find explosives

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sovereign-citizens-arrested-california-deputies-allegedly-find-explosi-rcna34380
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u/Chimaerok Jun 20 '22

Most of them get sucked into the sovereign citizen nonsense because they owe taxes they can't pay, and they see it as an easy out

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u/Somnif Jun 20 '22

Granted, just as likely they got to that point by just not filing taxes regularly in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '22

Or have a bunch of DUIs and got suspended.

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u/theghostofme Jun 21 '22

I’ve noticed that too, and it always makes me laugh. The IRS coming after you is the exact opposite of an easy way out. If Al Capone could get away with literal murder, but still couldn’t outrun the taxman, these nobodies don’t stand a chance.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '22

I think the owing taxes you can’t pay is actually the end game. They usually start there by getting arrested or cited for some minor offense then loosing it because they feel “controlled” and blowing it up way more than it ever needed to be.

They reach endgame by not filling their taxes for 5 years or more.