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Old 01-17-2009, 08:31 AM   #34
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Originally Posted by sokinwet View Post
"How could they be? I'm not saying there probably aren't some extreme cases - inheritance, gift, contest winnings - but how can someone who's supposedly poor even afford to pay the excise tax on the vehicle?"
That's very naive. It happens in your own town for cryin out loud. People who earn money from dealing drugs, shoplifting and selling goods on ebay, selling fraudulent citizenship documents, etc... are not reporting wages, yet they have plenty of income in many cases. These people can still collect welfare or food stamps. It's more widespread than you would like to believe. Talk to any police officer in a big city and they'll explain things to you.

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