The Reverend Al Sharpton and the National Action Network might owe the U.S. government $1.5 million in back taxes and penalties, but, honestly, even the IRS has to know that it is impossible to pay taxes and plot to shut down major cities at the same time. Cut Sharpton some slack!

Sharpton, who sees the government inquiries into his finances as a witch hunt, disputes the accuracy of the quoted debt, but NAN representatives admit that in recent years the organization has had trouble dealing with its rise in stature and the subsequent jump in income and donations. "The infrastructure was trying to keep up with that pace, and it was not a perfect fit," Executive Director Charles King told the AP on Friday. "The National Action Network may not have been perfect, but nothing was going on that was untoward."

Sharpton also has a personal tax debt of over $1 million, which allies say the IRS has inflated based on the NAN's bookkeeping issues. Sharpton's too busy with Sean Bell and a recent police beating in Philadelphia to care. Plus, the last time he was tried for tax fraud he walked away clean. He should have sent Wesley Snipes his lawyer.