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Here We Go Again (Obama Tax-evading appointee..)
Commentary ^ | 2/9/09 | J.G. Thayer

Posted on 02/09/2009 8:43:49 AM PST by Nachum

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To: rfp1234

She looks like a liberal.
21 posted on 02/09/2009 9:04:52 AM PST by MathDoc (If there ever was a time that Obama looked like an amateur, itÂ’s right now.)
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To: domenad
Honestly, I can’t say this is a big deal. The guy is already paying taxes on one house (presumably), he’s got to pay more taxes on another?

Rahm's home in Chicago is not on the tax roles either. It is owned by a not for profit "foundation" and he pays rent.

22 posted on 02/09/2009 9:08:09 AM PST by IamConservative (Dems: "Do as we say, not as we pay.")
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To: Nachum

So.... when do “we the people” rise up in revolt?


23 posted on 02/09/2009 9:09:18 AM PST by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: IamConservative

There is a difference between zionism and judism. Zionist claim judism yet the jews against zionism don’t. Look up Rev 2:9 and Rev 3:9 and you will see that there are those that claim they are jews and are not. Money is the sword in this battle and we are being played like a fiddle.


24 posted on 02/09/2009 9:11:29 AM PST by GoreNoMore
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To: domenad
Honestly, I can’t say this is a big deal. The guy is already paying taxes on one house (presumably), he’s got to pay more taxes on another? I suppose it would be far less egregious if he wasn’t pushing for higher taxes on all of us to support their socialism, but I imagine if I were in his place I might be tempted to do the same.

The point is that legislators that live the dual-state life pay for taxes in both states. Granted while in DC some obviously rent and pay taxes through embedded fees the landlord eventually pays out. Yet the reps that buy permanent homes seem to make an investment that they will not be leaving even if booted out of office - they just become lobbyists.

Emmanuel is avoiding any taxes/fees by living with a "bud" and yet he could very well be paying his "bud" half the rent which would seem to be all fine and good and yet Emmanuel doesn't declare such an arrangement. Seems to me he is gaming the system by avoiding any residency costs that others are required to pay while at the same time seeming to be having potential conflicts of interest with the very people he is living with.

By the way I agree that this shouldn't be an issue as far as the residency requirement goes but the fact is it is the law and so Emmanuel should not be able to flaunt it.

25 posted on 02/09/2009 9:13:46 AM PST by torchthemummy (My apologies if this post retreads on ground already covered!)
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To: puroresu

Can you imagine the spawn that union would produce? We could have a new horror movie: Rosa’s Baby.


26 posted on 02/09/2009 9:16:42 AM PST by lone star annie
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To: domenad

5 years at $1400 a month is $84,000 in untaxed income. That’s a big deal to the tune of around $18,000 in taxes he owes.

That’s just a rough estimate.


27 posted on 02/09/2009 9:17:36 AM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Nachum

I think I also read somewhere that the house Rahm lives in in his home district is owned by a charitable corporation, The Rahm and (Mrs.?) Emmanuel Foundation. So, no property taxes, either.


28 posted on 02/09/2009 9:19:27 AM PST by sportutegrl
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To: Nachum
The use of an apartment without payng rent seems like a gift. A gift is excluded from gross income under Section 102 unless it is a gift from an employer (Section 102(c)).

However, the free use of lodging from an employer is excluded from gross income under Section 119 if the lodging is for the employer's convenience and the employee is required to accept the lodging as a condition of emplpyment.

It would not be a gift if the free rent were payment for something. For example, if a person said, if you overhaul my car, you can have free rent for six months, the fair market value of the free rent would be included in gross income under Section 61(a) as payment for the overhaul services rendered.

29 posted on 02/09/2009 9:22:48 AM PST by TheCPA
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To: Nachum

That is a long list. It would be great to add links to these.


30 posted on 02/09/2009 9:23:45 AM PST by Sister_T (The Obama Administration = Clinton's Third Term)
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To: Sister_T
That is a long list. It would be great to add links to these.

I am eventually going to attempt to do that. I am hoping to have a website up with the list and links. It will become much to long to post at FR.

31 posted on 02/09/2009 9:27:58 AM PST by Nachum (Obama theme song: Ball of Confusion by the Temptations)
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To: IamConservative
Rahm's home in Chicago is not on the tax roles either. It is owned by a not for profit "foundation" and he pays rent.

I wonder if he pays market value?

32 posted on 02/09/2009 9:29:10 AM PST by Freee-dame
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To: MathDoc
Ah, that pic just proves that in this case, anyway, it most definitely wasn't about sex.
33 posted on 02/09/2009 9:30:17 AM PST by r9etb
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To: TheCPA
It would not be a gift if the free rent were payment for something. For example, if a person said, if you overhaul my car, you can have free rent for six months

-Or, for example if it were payment for say... millions of dollars worth of polling business by... oh maybe... the Democratic party, ACORN, and a certain candidate running for national office.

34 posted on 02/09/2009 9:31:04 AM PST by Nachum (Obama theme song: Ball of Confusion by the Temptations)
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To: ssaftler
You called??

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35 posted on 02/09/2009 9:34:44 AM PST by Panzerfaust
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To: Nachum

Nachum: This list is great! Where did you get it ?Good job! Gill


36 posted on 02/09/2009 10:04:42 AM PST by Gill (Gill)
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To: MathDoc
AAAaaaaack! This requires a visual antidote.

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37 posted on 02/09/2009 10:06:55 AM PST by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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To: Gill
Nachum: This list is great! Where did you get it ?Good job! Gill

I began to compile the list on the first days in office. There was so much of this during Klinton, that I wanted to keep a running tab on the new president from day one.

38 posted on 02/09/2009 10:07:56 AM PST by Nachum (Obama theme song: Ball of Confusion by the Temptations)
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To: Mark was here
... so if a Boy Scout helps an old lady across the street, should she report as income the cost of hiring a guide to preform the same task for her as the Scout provided free of charge?

No, there is no monetary value to crossing the street.

39 posted on 02/09/2009 10:26:03 AM PST by Know et al (Everything I know I read in the newspaper and that's the reason for my ignorance: Will Rogers)
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To: r9etb
Ah, that pic just proves that in this case, anyway, it most definitely wasn't about sex.

Since Rahmbo is a graduate of the Evanston School of Ballet, I would want to see a picture of Stan Greenburg before I said that.
40 posted on 02/09/2009 10:31:53 AM PST by Cheburashka (Liberalism: a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.)
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