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'Language Barrier', Not Tax Evasion: Rangel

Powerful congressman sorry for screw-up

By Gabriel Winant, Newser User

Posted Sep 11, 2008 10:15 AM CDT

(Newser) – Rep. Charles Rangel blamed his failure to pay taxes on his rental income from a Caribbean villa to “cultural and language barriers,” reports the New York Times. “Every time I thought I was getting somewhere, they’d start speaking Spanish,” Rangel... Read full story »

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