[DSH]

Agreed. Idiotic grandstanding, or political pandering, take your pick. If winning a gold medal in London = a $25,000 payment, that's income, pure and simple. Why it shouldn't be taxed like any other income -- like, say, my income, which is taxed mightily, I should note -- escapes me.

And what's with the insinuation here of forlorn, struggling amateurs who have finally reached the pinnacle, only to see their "sole meager reward" stripped by a rapacious government? Please. Someone like Lochte is making millions from endorsement deals. Phelps, many, many millions.

Cut spending. Cut taxes across the board. Enough with the damn gimmicks. Who can take the GOP seriously?

[Kansas58]

How much does it cost to WIN a Gold Medal?

Will the government allow our winning athletes to deduct gym time, weight training, medical bills as a business expense, travel and other “business” expenses of these athletes?

[marygonzo]

Thanks. Great points well said. We are fiddling. In Texas the Tea Party just thundered. No mSM but I think the people are getting wise and POed. In football you call them hitters— we need hitters, not rubio pro amnesty globalists!!