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Kerry bolts tax questions: ‘Can I get out of here, please’
Boston Herald ^
| Monday, July 26, 2010
| Thomas Grillo
Posted on 07/26/2010 6:56:44 PM PDT by GQuagmire
A fidgety U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry tacked away from the press in Weymouth today, ducking questions about taxes for his luxury yacht.
Following remarks at the South Weymouth Naval Air Station, Kerry - still recovering from hip replacement surgery - was able to make a quick exit from a press pack.
A clearly perturbed Kerry was not happy when questions were thrown out as he was climbing into his SUV.
I have said consistently we will pay our taxes. We always pay our taxes. Its not an issue period, the Bay States senior senator said.
When asked if he berthed the boat in Massachusetts since he bought it, Kerry responded: It depends on who owns it. Then Kerry said, Can we get out of here please.
The Herald reported Friday that Kerry did not pay the states 6.25 percent sales tax on his 76-foot luxury yacht, the Isabel, which he bought in March for $7 million and now docks in sales-tax free Rhode Island.
A Kerry spokesman claimed the old sea dog wasnt avoiding paying his fair share.
Kerry appeared to have sailed clear past a $437,000 tax bill to his cash-strapped state by mooring the Isabel in Rhode Island. He also could owe another $70,000 in annual excise taxes.
A Kerry spokesman previously told the Herald the Isabel was moored in Newport for long-term maintenance and not to take advantage of the Ocean States tax-free climate. The senator would pay any taxes hes found to owe, the spokesman said.
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"Lovey, Lovey may I take an advance to my allowance? Those rubes from the state tax department keep calling me.."
Side note...If the boat was not built in Rhode Island Jean Francois may owe two states for taxes. Apparently if a boat is built and moored in RI no taxes assessed. However since Lurch had the sloop built in NZ he may owe RI some money as well.......
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posted on
07/26/2010 6:56:47 PM PDT
by
GQuagmire
To: GQuagmire
Kerry: Go away peasants. Taxes are for little people.
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posted on
07/26/2010 6:59:54 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(As a disaster unfolds, a putz putts.)
To: GQuagmire
As a roll model for others, rich ‘Rats should volunteer to pay 2x the actual taxes.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:00:10 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:01:32 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: GQuagmire
The Herald reported Friday that Kerry did not pay the states 6.25 percent sales tax on his 76-foot luxury yacht, the Isabel, which he bought in March for $7 million and now docks in sales-tax free Rhode Island. Why would he pay a luxury tax on a necessity anyway? It's not like it's a hundred-foot yacht.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:01:45 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
To: GQuagmire
Just another corrupt Democrat.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:02:01 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org)
To: GQuagmire
When asked if he berthed the boat in Massachusetts since he bought it, Kerry responded: It depends on who owns it. Then Kerry said, Can we get out of here please. What a weasel.
His spokesweasel said that the boat is moored in RI because it'll be used for charters, not to evade Mass taxes, but the Jones Act forbids foreign-built ships from carrying passengers between US ports. Hmmm...
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:03:14 PM PDT
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: GQuagmire
" ... Kerry said, Can we get out of here please. Yeppers! Yes Indeed, Can I drop you off in the middle of the Gulf? No, you don't get a life preserver, they aren't tax deductible, nor are they covered under CommieCare. Good Luck "My Friend" (as Juan would say).
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:04:44 PM PDT
by
J Edgar
To: GQuagmire
I doubt he has any ownership interest in it at all. He makes about the same dough as Rep.Jason Chaffetz (R-Utard) , who has to sleep in his office.
I would have a bit less contempt for him if he was able to show he did not steal the funds for this boat from that woman, and the heirs of the late Senator Heinz.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:05:27 PM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
To: Jim Robinson
Now now, take it easy on him. He carries shrapnel in his leg from Vietnam don’t you know......
To: mvpel
“Can I get me a tax-dodge mulligan here?”
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:05:48 PM PDT
by
pingman
(Price is what you pay, value is what you get.)
To: GQuagmire
JFK: The previous owner of those initials at least had some balls, however they were misapplied. Can’t say the same for this self-professed “war veteran.”
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:06:41 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: mvpel
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:06:56 PM PDT
by
4Liberty
( How do you spell "moral hazard"?: $ 19, 0 0 0, 0 0 0, 0 0 0, 0 0 0.)
To: GQuagmire
Message to John F’ing Kerry...pay up,scumbag...principal,interest *and* penalties...and then go “f” yourself.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:07:12 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor,9/11/01)
To: GQuagmire
lying crook and narcissistic two-faced psycho-liberal whack-job that is as blind as a bat and as dumb as a stump.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:08:26 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: GQuagmire
The senator would pay any taxes he’s found to owe, the spokesman said.
Typical mealy mouthed two faced lib speak.
If there are any true journalists left in Taxustobits, they should get a copy of Kerry's 2010 tax return next year. He purchased his yacht outside of Mass., but there is an obnoxious law that a "use tax" be paid on goods purchased by a Mass. resident outside of Mass. but used within it. If the Isabel enters Massachusetts waters, Kerry's got some dough to cough up.
The liberals passed the "use tax" in a feeble attempt at getting Mass. shoppers in tax-free New Hampshire. Let's see if one of their own voluntarily pays it.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:08:40 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving.)
To: KarlInOhio
A Senator purchasing a 76 foot luxury yacht this year, is surreal.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:09:17 PM PDT
by
griswold3
('Regulation and law without enforcement is no law at all)
To: Enterprise
Kerry: Go away peasants. Taxes are for little people. Yup..Leona Helmsly said it very clearly.And John F'ing Kerry lives it.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:09:49 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor,9/11/01)
To: GQuagmire
Then Kerry said, Can we get out of here please.
Like the human cockroach he is.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:10:05 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: GQuagmire
He should have just done what everyone else does and paid for it with campaign contributions.
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posted on
07/26/2010 7:10:49 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
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