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LeBron James decides to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers
Los Angeles Times ^ | 07/11/2014 | MIKE BRESNAHAN

Posted on 07/11/2014 1:43:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 07/11/2014 1:43:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s a big hit taxwise moving back to Ohio.
5.4% vs zero in Florida.
He must really want to do it.


2 posted on 07/11/2014 1:47:49 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: SeekAndFind

Seek, come on this Free Republic.


3 posted on 07/11/2014 1:48:29 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: nascarnation

If you checked underneath his sofa cushions, you could probably find 5.4% of his income, and he wouldn’t care.


4 posted on 07/11/2014 1:52:03 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: SeekAndFind
so he's returning to Cleveland. Yawwwwwwn. What does he have on his right arm that he wants no one to see?
5 posted on 07/11/2014 1:55:08 PM PDT by Fungi
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You’re probably correct.

But I also forgot the local income tax which is another 2%.
The liberals are claiming that this proves that taxes don’t count in choosing where to live.

http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/07/11/3459420/lebron-taxes/

And as the old Hunkie’s in Cleveland used to say “Dot’s boolsheet”


6 posted on 07/11/2014 1:57:04 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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It’s a big hit taxwise moving back to Ohio.

Professional athletes' taxes are extremely complicated because they pay where they earn.

In other words, for every "away" game a player plays, they owe taxes to that municipality & state for that game.

So, it's not just a simple state-vs-state comparison.

And, even if it was, I don't think LeBron is too worried about it.

7 posted on 07/11/2014 1:58:20 PM PDT by gdani (Every day, your Govt surveils you more than the day before)
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True, but half the games are in Cuyahoga County. I agree the whole thing is kind of bogus but when I saw that article I linked up the thread, I thought this is crap.


8 posted on 07/11/2014 2:00:58 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: SeekAndFind
huge for the nba. I will watch with interest
9 posted on 07/11/2014 2:02:11 PM PDT by VaRepublican (I would propagate taglines but I don't know how. But bloggers do.)
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To: nascarnation
His local income tax of 2% gets split, I think between Cleveland and Independence where the training facility is. Besides that, does he live in a community that has its own income tax with only a partial offset?

So greater Cleveland gets 2% of his salary and there's an 8% OH sales tax in Cuyahoga County, with part of that percentage going to the county and part to the state. Add to that people who eat in restaurants when going to games, it's 8% sales tax in addition to the other positive impacts on the city. Add to that, it's next door to Dan Gilbert's casino.

I'd think LeBron coming back is a game changer for Cleveland.

10 posted on 07/11/2014 2:04:10 PM PDT by grania
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To: SeekAndFind

Who cares?


11 posted on 07/11/2014 2:05:00 PM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: Dacula

Wow. After all these years I now know why I kept my TV.
I’d have a beer and popcorn while I sit at home and watch the tele but I spent all my money on PPV. /s or what my neighbor is doing?

Keeping Up with Appearances and Monty Python were funny in the past and reality today.


12 posted on 07/11/2014 2:05:00 PM PDT by glyptol
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To: SeekAndFind

So the Spurs not only won their 5th title, they are also responsible for the destruction of the Miami franchise.

Revenge is sweet and best eaten cold. Miami dalenda est.


13 posted on 07/11/2014 2:09:41 PM PDT by wildbill
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So the Spurs not only won their 5th title, they are also responsible for the destruction of the Miami franchise.

If that Finals series was close, I doubt LeBron would have jumped. But that whole series wasn't even competitive.

No doubt Lebron came to the same conclusion & didn't see it getting better in Miami in the immediate future.

14 posted on 07/11/2014 2:13:09 PM PDT by gdani (Every day, your Govt surveils you more than the day before)
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And get a load of this — The 2014 Spurs championship team is returning - INTACT. No one in the team is leaving. We get the same team for 2015 !!


15 posted on 07/11/2014 2:14:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: gdani

And get a load of this — The 2014 Spurs championship team is returning - INTACT. No one in the team is leaving. We get the same team for 2015 !!


16 posted on 07/11/2014 2:14:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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That is the difference between a real team and one built around one player.


17 posted on 07/11/2014 2:15:28 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SeekAndFind

First game of the Summer League is tonight. Can’t wait to see the new rookie who’s supposed to be the best passer in the recent draft.

A few tweaks here and there by the braintrust in the FO and Pop and we should be good to go.


18 posted on 07/11/2014 2:23:42 PM PDT by wildbill
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RE: Can’t wait to see the new rookie who’s supposed to be the best passer in the recent draft.

What’s the kids name?


19 posted on 07/11/2014 2:24:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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http://www.nba.com/draft/


20 posted on 07/11/2014 2:27:26 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( On to impeachment and removal (IRS, Open Borders, pro-terrorist, Fast and furious, VA, Benghazi)!!!)
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