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Legitimate reason to have a pile of cash #0: Because I want to. Innocent until _proven_ guilty. It is not "could be guilty until you prove your innocence" nor
by Jenk 5y ago
Legitimate reason to have a pile of cash #0: Because I want to.
Innocent until _proven_ guilty. It is not "could be guilty until you prove your innocence" nor is it "assumed guilty just because it fits a narrative" and nor is it "guilty because that is something other people who turned out to be guilty also did"
- stjohnswarts 5y agoStockpiling cash isn't a crime and unless it reached ludicrous proportions like a 25 year old barista having $5 million in a safety deposit box then burden of proof should lie on the government obviously people would have records they paid taxes on said amount surely though.
- crooked-v 5y agoBurden of proof should always lie on the government.
- Jenk 5y agoMy understanding of the US legal system (I'm British) is that stockpiling cash isn't a crime, irrespective of the amount. Sure, sleeping on a mattress made of $100 bills might raise suspicion.. but that's still not a crime. If the government suspect you haven't paid your taxes, the burden is still on them to prove you didn't pay your taxes. If they have any evidence to bring this to a court, it would need to pass the threshold of actually being evidence of absent tax payments, it is not enough to say "They are sleeping on a bed of benjamins, your honor." I'm well aware this is ignoring how hilariously broken actual legal proceedings are, of course, thus scenarios like the one that started this thread.