Posted on 07/23/2010 10:39:49 AM PDT by ChrisBoundsTX
Senator Kerry, do you hate the poor in Massachusetts?
You may not have earned your incredible wealth from your own personal works, but you have proudly voted to raise taxes in Congress every time the opportunity presents itself. I thought surely a man of honorable military integrity would live by his word and pay his fair share in taxes when selling his 76 foot luxury yacht. However, I was distraught to read on the Boston Herald that you skipped town to avoid paying a six-figure state sails tax:
"Sen. John Kerry, who has repeatedly voted to raise taxes while in Congress, dodged a whopping six-figure state tax bill on his new multimillion-dollar yacht by mooring her in Newport, R.I.
Isabel Kerrys luxe, 76-foot New Zealand-built Friendship sloop with an Edwardian-style, glossy varnished teak interior, two VIP main cabins and a pilothouse fitted with a wet bar and cold wine storage was designed by Rhode Island boat designer Ted Fontaine.
But instead of berthing the vessel in Nantucket, where the senator summers with the missus, Teresa Heinz, Isabels hailing port is listed as Newport on her stern.
Could the reason be that the Ocean State repealed its Boat Sales and Use Tax back in 1993, making the tiny state to the south a haven like the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and Nassau for tax-skirting luxury yacht owners?
Cash-strapped Massachusetts still collects a 6.25 percent sales tax and an annual excise tax on yachts. Sources say Isabel sold for something in the neighborhood of $7 million, meaning Kerry saved approximately $437,500 in sales tax and an annual excise tax of about $70,000."
Michelle Malkin reminded me of a comment you said in 2009:
"If you put a tax cut into the hands of a business or family, theres no guarantee that theyre going to invest that or invest it in America."
Senator Kerry, your home state is starving for cash which no doubt negatively affects its welfare programs. Did you skip town to avoid paying your fair share of taxes that would help support those programs. Do you hate the poor? Tell me it isnt so Senator Kerry!
Someone should pull up alongside his boat and set off a couple of firecrackers. Lurch would be a half mile a way, going at 30 knots before he realized he threw a gin-soaked Tah-ray-suh off the back when he gunned it.
Are you award that John Kerry got a Purple Heart in Vietnam?
Rumours link US senator to luxury yacht built in Northland
Imran Ali | 31st December 2009
Email Story Print larger | smaller The rumour mill has been buzzing at the Town Basin in Whangarei after reported sightings of former US presidential candidate John Kerry on board a multimillion-dollar yacht built in the city.
Skull And Bonesman, John Kerry Seen In Whangarei, New Zealand
January 2, 2010 · 2 Comments
John Kerry
On December the 31st the Northern Advocate reported that US politician, and Skull and Bonesman, John Kerry, had been seen in casual attire in Whangarei on Tuesday at the town basin, inspecting a multi-million dollar boat, built in Whangarei.
The 22.8-metre yacht, which bears the name Isabel, (of Newport,) was built by Friendship Yachts on Port Rd and will be ready to leave the country at the end of January, according to the Northern Advocate, which reported that details about its cost and owners are under wraps.
There was a greying, forty-something man on board the Isabel today and when asked if it was John Kerrys boat he denied it - in an American accent, of course.
A number of people have said they spotted Senator Kerry, a Democrat who was defeated in the 2004 presidential election by George W Bush, inspecting the 22.8-metre yacht on Tuesday.
It was built by Friendship Yachts on Port Rd but details about its cost and owners are under wraps.
General manager Dennis Maconaghie said the terms and conditions of the contract his company entered into with the yacht owners prohibited the release of sensitive information, except to say that it belonged to a North American client.
He said it took two years for the yacht to be built and once some minor work had been completed, it would be ready to leave the country by the end of January.
“It’s a cruising boat with all the usual features you’ll find in a modern boat,” he said.
The yacht, believed to be worth $8million, boasts three cabins with en suite and a large kitchen.
Reva’s On The Waterfront owner Reva Meredith said the yacht had become an attraction this week.
“It’s beautiful and great to have in front of our restaurant and I am proud that it was built in Whangarei.”
A Whangarei resident who has worked in the marine industry saw Senator Kerry on board the yacht about lunchtime on Tuesday.
The boat was “a feather in the cap for all of the boating industry”, he said.
Wanganui photographer Graeme Mitchell-Anyon said he spotted Senator Kerry about 5pm on Tuesday at the Town Basin, examining the yacht.
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“You wouldn’t know it was him. He wore low-key clothing and was just wandering around.”
Mr Maconaghie said some of the work, except the sails and mast, had been sub-contracted.
His company has a US office and Mr Maconaghie said of the 20 yachts built in six years, two-thirds went to the US and the rest to Europe.
You don’t say!
First of all, the abuse of a neutral word, "regressive." It is simply a description which is misused in contemporary "progressive" "class-warfare" society. As in saying that arithmetic is associative.
Aside from that, everyone with an IQ over 25 would be forced to admit that EVERYTHING a very rich person buys or pays for costs him less than someone who is not rich AS A PERCENTAGE OF INCOME.
Labeling this obvious fact with a word has meaning or significant effect only when loaded with a political and social-warfare baggage and does not make it profound or significant in any way.
I would be ecstatic with a system where everything, including prices and taxes are based as a percentage of income, if it is applied religiously (if you'll pardon the expression) to everyone, no exceptions, from the homeless to George Soros and Bill Gates.
I'll hold my breath...
“I would be ecstatic with a system where everything, including prices and taxes are based as a percentage of income, if it is applied religiously (if you’ll pardon the expression) to everyone, no exceptions, from the homeless to George Soros and Bill Gates.”
The only Fair tax is a Flat TAX. The Sopranos plan; You owe me 10% of everything. F You! Pay Me!
That’s my idea, anyway. Then we all have the same amount of skin in the game. Then everyone holds their heads up, pays their fair share, no excuses, cuts, or BS.
I googled and saw another tale via snopes re: 2003 boston residence mortgage scam, but my PDA redirected me to ad. I’ll dig on it when I get home.
IIRC the dems screamed about McCain’s (spouses) homes.
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