Listen in a election for Palin Vs Alvin Green
I can promise you the biggest boob would win
and that would be Alvin :00hour
South Carolina's next senator
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Listen in a election for Palin Vs Alvin Green
I can promise you the biggest boob would win
and that would be Alvin :00hour
Well, "that", and the fact that Cheney's recovering nicely following his recent surgery. Doctors implanted a new device called a "heart". :142smilie
Jul 26, 2010 11:14 pm US/Eastern Kerry On Yacht-Taxes Issue: 'Nothing More To Say'BOSTON (WBZ) ― Click to enlarge1 of 1
Sen. John Kerry (file image)
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Kerry Docks New Yacht In RI, Saves Taxes
(7/24/2010)
Senator John Kerry found himself answering questions Monday about his new $7 million yacht and the controversy about where he's docking it.
"There's nothing more to say about it," he told reporters at an event at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station Monday.
The "Isabel" is docked in Rhode Island rather than at Kerry's summer home on Nantucket or in Boston Harbor. That means he avoids paying nearly $500,000 in taxes to Massachusetts and he doesn't have to pay a $70,000-a-year excise tax.
Rhode Island repealed those taxes in 1993. That has made the state something of a nautical tax haven.
'NOT AN ISSUE'
"Let's get this very straight, I've said consistently we will pay our taxes, we have always paid our taxes. It's not an issue period," he said.
Last week, when the Boston Herald broke the story, Kerry's office released a statement saying, "The boat was designed by and purchased from a company in Rhode Island, and it's based in Newport at the Newport Shipyard for long term maintenance, upkeep and charter purposes, not tax reasons."
"It's being worked on," Kerry said on Monday. "It's under warranty down there. It's being worked on and it will come to Massachusetts and I look forward to that."
Kerry's aide told WBZ Monday night that the senator will pay whatever taxes he owes on the Isabelle. She says the Department of Revenue will determine how much he owes.
KERRY'S EXIT
When asked "Did you berth the boat in Massachusetts?" he replied, "That depends on who owns it."
Then, he said to his driver, "Can I get out of here please?"
Kerry spokesperson David Wade said the vessel was designed by Rhode Island boat designer Ted Fontaine and purchased in the Ocean State. It was built in New Zealand by Friendship Yachts.
THE SALES TAX QUESTION
The Nantucket Boat Basin confirmed to WBZ on Monday that the Isabel has been docked at the marina "numerous" times this summer.
A spokesperson with the Department of Revenue who did not want to comment specifically on Kerry's case said ownership by an out-of-state corporation wouldn't matter. And, the law states if you bring the purchased property into the state within six months of buying it, you would be subject to the sales tax.
Coast Guard registration records show the vessel is owned by Great Point LLC, a limited liability corporation based in Pittsburgh, Heinz's longtime home.
ABOUT 'ISABEL'
The 76-foot sloop has two cabins, a pilot house fitted with a wet bar and cold wine storage, according to the Herald.
It derives its moniker from the middle name of Kerry's mother and the name his wife, Teresa Heinz, planned to give a daughter.
Instead, she had three sons.
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answering these questions are easy when you got the millions.
Oh whatever they think I owe I will pay. Did I try to escape paying taxes ? sure dont everyone ?
The boat will come to Mass now that I have been exposed.
And I will pay millions if I have to . Its a drop in the fawking bucket dudes.
:facepalm:
Sen. John Kerry (file image)
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Kerry Docks New Yacht In RI, Saves Taxes
(7/24/2010)
Senator John Kerry found himself answering questions Monday about his new $7 million yacht and the controversy about where he's docking it.
"There's nothing more to say about it," he told reporters at an event at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station Monday.
The "Isabel" is docked in Rhode Island rather than at Kerry's summer home on Nantucket or in Boston Harbor. That means he avoids paying nearly $500,000 in taxes to Massachusetts and he doesn't have to pay a $70,000-a-year excise tax.
Rhode Island repealed those taxes in 1993. That has made the state something of a nautical tax haven.
'NOT AN ISSUE'
"Let's get this very straight, I've said consistently we will pay our taxes, we have always paid our taxes. It's not an issue period," he said.
Last week, when the Boston Herald broke the story, Kerry's office released a statement saying, "The boat was designed by and purchased from a company in Rhode Island, and it's based in Newport at the Newport Shipyard for long term maintenance, upkeep and charter purposes, not tax reasons."
"It's being worked on," Kerry said on Monday. "It's under warranty down there. It's being worked on and it will come to Massachusetts and I look forward to that."
Kerry's aide told WBZ Monday night that the senator will pay whatever taxes he owes on the Isabelle. She says the Department of Revenue will determine how much he owes.
KERRY'S EXIT
When asked "Did you berth the boat in Massachusetts?" he replied, "That depends on who owns it."
Then, he said to his driver, "Can I get out of here please?"
Kerry spokesperson David Wade said the vessel was designed by Rhode Island boat designer Ted Fontaine and purchased in the Ocean State. It was built in New Zealand by Friendship Yachts.
THE SALES TAX QUESTION
The Nantucket Boat Basin confirmed to WBZ on Monday that the Isabel has been docked at the marina "numerous" times this summer.
A spokesperson with the Department of Revenue who did not want to comment specifically on Kerry's case said ownership by an out-of-state corporation wouldn't matter. And, the law states if you bring the purchased property into the state within six months of buying it, you would be subject to the sales tax.
Coast Guard registration records show the vessel is owned by Great Point LLC, a limited liability corporation based in Pittsburgh, Heinz's longtime home.
ABOUT 'ISABEL'
The 76-foot sloop has two cabins, a pilot house fitted with a wet bar and cold wine storage, according to the Herald.
It derives its moniker from the middle name of Kerry's mother and the name his wife, Teresa Heinz, planned to give a daughter.
Instead, she had three sons.
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answering these questions are easy when you got the millions.
Oh whatever they think I owe I will pay. Did I try to escape paying taxes ? sure dont everyone ?
The boat will come to Mass now that I have been exposed.
And I will pay millions if I have to . Its a drop in the fawking bucket dudes.
:facepalm:
