28 July 2010, 10:56 pm
Read the whole thing before commenting, liberals. Oh, and if you belive John is keeping the boat in Rhode Island because of the chartering and maintenance there is a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell ya! http://blogs.marketwatch.com/election/2010/07/28/kerry-to-pay-yacht-tax-in-effort-to-cast-off-controversy/ After a burst of unflattering media, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts has agreed to pay about $500,000 in taxes for a luxury yacht that he docked outside the state. Kerry issued a statement Tuesday evening – five days after the story broke – saying he would make a lump payment to the state he represents. “We’ve reached out to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and made clear that, whether owed or not, we intend to pay the equivalent taxes as if the boat’s home port were currently in Massachusetts. That payment is being made promptly.” The former Democratic presidential candidate initially avoided about $440,000 in Massachusetts sales taxes and $70,000 in annual excise taxes by stationing his new $7 million luxury yacht in neighboring Rhode Island. That state repealed taxes on the sale and use of yachts in 1993, making it a tax haven for boaters. After the Boston Herald broke the story last Friday, Kerry was literally chased by local reporters and ridiculed by political columnists. The story was starting to make it into the national media when Kerry suddenly announced he would voluntarily pay the tax. The New Zealand-built yacht has been seen repeatedly in Massachusetts waters, potentially giving the state a claim to levy a tax. Kerry’s spokesman said the yacht was docked in Rhode Island mainly for maintenance and chartering purposes. To Bill Brasky- It's lest, not less. Also, I don't remember seeing Republicans running around saying paying taxes is patriotic like Joe 'I can't open my mouth without sticking my foot in it' BIden. Also if you will recall, Timothy Geithner is an actual tax cheat, yet he runs the Treasury Dept, which in turn, runs the IRS. Republicans aren't that brazen as to throw that level of hypocrisy in the taxpayers faces. I also believe I forgot to mention ol' Charlie Rangel. I'm hardly cherry picking, but if you ever had any experience reading you would have noticed I didn't include every political viewpoint, just the one that thinks that paying taxes is for everyone else and not them. DUH! Comrade Otto- See Timothy Geithner. Do you really not understand the question I posed? Dems (who, by the way, are mostly liberal) run around telling everybody else they should be patriotic and pay their taxes. Liberals. And yet, they are the ones who manage to cheat Uncle Sam out of the taxes they owe. How you cannot grasp this concept is beyond me. You are willfully ignorant. Melissa- Do you read at all? Apparently I have to make my point yet again. Liberals think everybody else should pay taxes. Besides, my examples trample your puny one. The guy who runs the Treasury and the guy who is on the House committee that writes the tax laws are definitely better than yours. Silly rabbit.... Read More »
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