He had a gain of $175,000 on the sale of a painting that he had an interest in. The reason for the amended return is he used the wrong tax rate on the capital gains.
He just barely qualifies for his own tax increase.
Reviewing his regular 2003 return, of note are the following:
$9,025 Dental Expense
$7,620 State and local Income taxes
$761 Property Taxes (Not a typo)
$3,326 Interest paid on mortgage(commesuarate with prop. tax???)
$43,735 gifts to charity
$610 Union and Professional Dues
$3,000 in Business Expense
$11,141 Trust and Dividend Income
$89,220 Income from Rental property royalties
Hmm, I'd read somewhere that his senate salary was $150,000 and was taking that as his base...earned salary. If that figure is correct, it's hardly worth his while to show up...considering he probably gets three times that or more from the missus as his allowance. I've had a sneaking suspicion that the real reason he was absent from DC so much was that he had to keep her happy, be there to laugh at her jokes, etc., go shopping. He's been looking out for number one. And before that marriage, he had to spend time looking for the first rich wife, stalk her, marry her, etc.. Then look for someone much richer. He must have spent weeks, months, years, plotting and stalking rich women. What happened to real life? Integrity, making and keeping friends, even if they don't have money. I think it was Mark Steyn who wrote last week that GW lives in Crawford, Texas, where no one would live unless they really wanted to. GW is a real man, a normal human being. Kerry isn't.