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This article, posted in The Economists Voice, is about someone who went to prison under the 3 strikes law for stealing a slice of pizza. It contrasts the jail term with that of a convicted tax evader who stashed $4.9 million in foreign bank accounts and got caught. He had to pay back taxes and a penalty but only received 24 months of probation. The maximum penalty is advertised as 20 years in prison which certainly should act as a deterrent to tax evaders. Why not evade taxes if the worse thing that can happen is probation? On the other hand, avoid engaging in petty theft.
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