John Kerry’s bucks stop where? (Still no tax payment on the yacht)

news.bostonherald.com ^ | Friday, November 5, 2010 | Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa

[GOPsterinMA]

It’s been more than three months since we first told you about Capt. John Kerry’s high-seas tax dodge on his new $7 million yacht, Isabel, and the town of Nantucket still doesn’t have a check from the senior senator!

You may recall that Kerry lowered the flag and surrendered in July, agreeing to pony up more than $400,000 to cover state taxes on the toney tub. Mr. Teresa Heinz broke out the checkbook four days after the Track set off a furious tempest with our report that he had purchased the 76-foot floating palace and ported her in Rhode Island, thus depriving the commonwealth of its pound of flesh.

[GOPsterinMA]

"Do as I say, not as I do."

[AU72]

Taxes are for stupid people.

[ladyvet]

He was for paing it...until he was against it.

[Leisler]

Hillbilly John said that Mommy said she would pin a $500 check to his blouse collar.

[Mobties]

Yachta yachta yachta

[mountainlion]

Look how long it took for John Hanoi Kerry to release (not) his military records. His dishonorable discharge has not showed up yet.

[submarinerswife]

That’s a perty boat.

[Bean Counter]

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Jimmah Cahtah expunged it for him.

[Zakeet]

Ease up Freepers ... It's not Lurch's fault that Lovey has torqued back the war hero's meager allowance.

[scooby321]

its not his Yacht. His two wife's have all the money. That loser never made a dime outside the Government or marrying for money.

[pnh102]

Why hasn't John Kerry been arrested for tax evasion? Surely that is a criminal offense in Massachusetts, especially for the amount of money involved.

I would imagine that if it was anyone else who owed even a fraction of the amount Kerry owes, that person would have been hauled away long ago. Clearly, it is good to be the king.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Put a tax lien on it and attach a 50 ton anchor with 4 feet of chain in 20 feet of water! Or, a small four foot hole in the hull might work....

[combat_boots]

Where IS Frenchie now? Thereeeza?

[Ann Archy]

Why hasn’t the IRS SEIZED the damn thing?? Oh, yeah....Democrats NEVER pay up.

[Trajan88]

The next time a MA citizen’s auto’s wheel rim or axle breaks due to an unrepaired pot hole, said citizen should send the repair bill to j.F.k.’s U.S. Senate office with a note: “Because you didn’t pay your tax - which would have paid to fix the pot hole - you get to pay this.”

[Leisler]

Wasn't he once half owner in a lease ( maybe ) for a ‘muffin’ shop once? For like 6 months, until it folded.

( So, see. Hillbilly has ‘run a business. )

[Sarajevo]

Mr. Teresa Heinz broke out the checkbook four days after the Track set off a furious tempest with our report that he had purchased the 76-foot floating palace and ported her in Rhode Island, thus depriving the commonwealth of its pound of flesh.

I hate to be a fly n the ointment here, but that was his right. If anyone posting owns out-of-state property, do you want to pay taxes for it in your home state also?

This is a non-issue which has the possibility of setting a bad precedent.

[ontap]

However, the state caps the assessment on yachts over 60 feet that are less than four years old at $50,000. Which, if you ask us, seems rather foolish . . . So, the $7 million Isabel, for excise tax purposes, is worth just $50G,

Only little people pay taxes!!

[Oratam]

Why the Stars and Stripes? Shouldn’t he be flying Le Tricolore?