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Sen. John Kerry skips town on sails tax(taxes are for the little people)
Boston Herald ^ | Friday, July 23, 2010 | Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa

Posted on 07/23/2010 5:30:27 AM PDT by GQuagmire

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.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: cambodia; gigolo; johnkerry; kerry; lurch; nottooswiftboat; rangel; sail; tax; taxevasion; whythelongface; yacht
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To: thethirddegree
John Kerry will eventually die like everyone else.

He'll probably die a posthumous Florida resident like Rose Kennedy.

21 posted on 07/23/2010 5:58:10 AM PDT by Vide
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To: GQuagmire

“New Zealand built” What’s the matter Jacque, American made not good enought or could you not find an American yacht builder after the tax you voted for devastated the industry?


22 posted on 07/23/2010 6:00:46 AM PDT by hometoroost (McCain is a Ron and Nancy Republican: Campaigns like Reagan, governs like Pelosi)
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To: GQuagmire
"Is this where I get me my sailboat license
23 posted on 07/23/2010 6:01:00 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Vide

Very curious what will happen with Ted’s estate. I’m sure there will be be shenanigans, but to what extent is the question.....


24 posted on 07/23/2010 6:01:20 AM PDT by GQuagmire
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To: sodpoodle

Even taking the simpler? case of living in three states with housing in each for 4 months each (more like the JF’nKs), it would seem to be problematic.


25 posted on 07/23/2010 6:02:22 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: GQuagmire
The Sleazy Weasel strikes, again. Wadda Putz!!
26 posted on 07/23/2010 6:04:23 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: GQuagmire

Doesn’t MASS Registry of Motor Vehicles ask folks to narc on neighbors who register their cars in NH or RI in order to avoid the higher taxes? It seems to me that this should be a slam dunk case of tax evasion.


27 posted on 07/23/2010 6:07:45 AM PDT by Living Free in NH
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To: GQuagmire

Democrats are experts on the subject of tax breaks for the rich.


28 posted on 07/23/2010 6:10:32 AM PDT by Mobties
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To: GoldenPup

Is this the same John Kerry that served in Viet Nam?


29 posted on 07/23/2010 6:14:54 AM PDT by MisterArtery
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To: Paladin2

I have no idea how those RV camp sites work. If you rent a lot for a few months, is that considered your residence? I suppose with no utility bills you really don’t need snail mail. Banking & credit cards can be handled on-line.

Must feel like the pioneers. Do we have any pilgrims on FR????


30 posted on 07/23/2010 6:16:09 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption)
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To: GQuagmire

I wonder why Kerry did not have the boat built in a US yard with American workers. Hasn’t he been a vocal critic of people who outsource.


31 posted on 07/23/2010 6:21:10 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Diogenesis
Small people are tracked down and fined by the Mass DOR for such actions.

Don't know if you remember but when Fat Teddy's mother died (worth *many* millions) he filed her estate for probate in Florida rather than Massachusetts despite the fact that she hadn't set foot *outside* of Massachusetts...or *in* Florida...for the 11 years immediately preceding her death.That,as I suspect you figured out,was because at that time Florida didn't have any state death tax whereas Massachusetts had a big one.

Sometime in the 90's (can't recall when) I called DOR Headquarters in Boston asking why this was allowed to happen and was told "we don't discuss such matters with the public".

So I'm sure that John F'ing Kerry knows that he has nothing to fear from his bosom buddy,Coupe Deval.

32 posted on 07/23/2010 6:23:58 AM 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)
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To: Paladin2

If one began just traveling around the country in a motor home, leaving one’s home state and selling all real estate there, how could one get a driver’s license and plates when not living in any state long enough to establish residency (usually 3 to six months)?

Simple, claim you are an illegal alien and they won’t ask any further questions. You can also drop any insurance on your motor home. Need tags? Steal them from the nearest Wal Mart. Claim you live in a sanctuary city. Pick one. Hell, when you need money just drop by a welfacre office and load up. Life is good when you are an international migrant with no papers.


33 posted on 07/23/2010 6:25:31 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Mobties
Democrats are experts on the subject of tax breaks for the rich.

That, and tax cheating for the rich.

34 posted on 07/23/2010 6:30:49 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: GQuagmire

Just trying to save some of Teresa’s money.


35 posted on 07/23/2010 6:50:06 AM PDT by crosshairs (Celebrate diversity. Own a variety of firearms.)
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To: Living Free in NH
Doesn’t MASS Registry of Motor Vehicles ask folks to narc on neighbors who register their cars in NH or RI in order to avoid the higher taxes?

We have the same problem in Kansas. The damn personal property tax is so high that thousands of Kansans tag their vehicles in other states. So the state loses out on tens of millions of dollars in revenue every year.
36 posted on 07/23/2010 6:55:06 AM PDT by crosshairs (Celebrate diversity. Own a variety of firearms.)
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To: Paladin2

...how could one get a driver’s license and plates when not living in any state long enough to establish residency (usually 3 to six months)?

You rent a store front mail box in Texas (or one of the other other no-income-tax states) and have your mail forwarded to wherever you plan to be for a while. In Texas, you can renew your driver's license through the mail at least once (you do have to show up every decade or so to get a new picture) and you can get your license places renewed through the mail (it's just a 2 x 3 sticker).

As for the IRS, I guess they send me something, but I file my taxes electronically, so I don't need the little label they require for mailed returns.

Remember the first President Bush claimed a motel room in Houston as his permanent residence? It was just a fancier variation on this theme. And no telling how much it saved the Bush family in taxes they otherwise would have had to pay to Maine.

37 posted on 07/23/2010 6:58:00 AM PDT by Stegall Tx (Joined the Obama economy on 19 March, 2010.)
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To: GQuagmire

Dems are such hypocrites.


38 posted on 07/23/2010 6:59:26 AM PDT by cookcounty ("Today's White House reporters seem one ball short of a ping pong scrimmage.")
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To: crosshairs
The world's most successful gigolo almost became our President. Despite his looks he knows how to work the ladies.
39 posted on 07/23/2010 7:06:16 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: GQuagmire
This is all money Kerry has stolen from the children of Senator John Heinz, so if Taxachusetts gets skinned a little, good.
40 posted on 07/23/2010 7:20:09 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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