Kerry's Taxes - $175,000 Gain From a Painting?!
Dick McBurney
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> Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's largest single
> source of income in 2003 came from the sale of his half-interest
> in a painting by a 17th-century Dutch artist, according to tax
> returns released Tuesday by the Kerry campaign.
>
> Kerry's 2003 return shows that he received $175,000 as his part
> from the sale of a work by the 17th-century Dutch seascape
> painter Adam Willaerts.
>
> Kerry's Senate salary for 2003 was $147,818.
>
> The return says Kerry acquired his half of the painting for
> $500,000 in May 1996 and sold his portion in March 2003 for
> $675,000.
>
> In 1996, the year he acquired his half of the $1,000,000
> picture, Kerry reported a total income of $143,795.
>
> The return does not say who owned the other half of the
> painting, which sold in 2003 for a total of $1,350,000, but it
> was presumably Kerry's multimillionaire heiress wife, Teresa
> Heinz Kerry. The two file separate tax returns, and the campaign
> did not release any information about Mrs. Kerry's income or
> taxes.
>
> Kerry also reported $89,220 in royalties from his campaign
> autobiography, A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better
> America, published last October by Viking Press.
>
> In all, taking into account losses from investments, Kerry
> reported a total 2003 income of $395,338. His total federal tax
> bill was $90,575. He had $27,277 of that withheld from his
> paychecks and paid the rest, $63,298, with his tax return.
>
> Kerry reported giving $43,735, or about 11 percent of his total
> income, to charity. That significant level of giving stands in
> contrast to his record in the 1990s, in which the issue of the
> senator's charitable contributions was a source of controversy.
> In 1995, Kerry reportedly had a taxable income of $126,179, and
> made charitable contributions of $0. In 1994, he gave $2,039 to
> charity. In 1993, the figure was $175. In 1992, it was $820, and
> in 1991, it was $0.
>
> Kerry's 2003 return illustrates the extent to which Kerry's
> lifestyle is subsidized by his wife. Apart from the income from
> the painting, Kerry's Senate salary would not be enough to pay
> the property taxes on the several residences they own.
>
> In addition to his 2003 returns, Kerry also released federal tax
> returns from the years 1999 to 2002 yesterday. There has been
> some dispute about returns for those years. Kerry has claimed
> that he had already released the returns - in January of this
> year, he said, " I released all my tax returns for 20 years. I
> have never not released my tax returns throughout my political
> career." But aside from releasing details from his 2002 taxes -
> which showed a total income of $144,091 - it is not clear that
> Kerry has ever made public his returns from 1999 or 2000 or 2001
> before now.
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Gee, a whole $175,000! How about Bush's ONE BILLION dollars a week
wasted in Iraq? Now that's real money isn't it ?
>
Tom Meter
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Yay! Capitalism is cool!
Sorry you feel differently, Komrade.
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Jim Alder
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> Kerry's 2003 return illustrates the extent to which Kerry's
> lifestyle is subsidized by his wife. Apart from the income from
> the painting, Kerry's Senate salary would not be enough to pay
> the property taxes on the several residences they own.
Well, that's not fair, Obiwan. Kerry is a man of the people!
Lots of regular folks like him rely on both spouses' incomes.
(heh heh)
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Baldin Pramer
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> Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's largest single
> source of income in 2003 came from the sale of his half-interest
> in a painting by a 17th-century Dutch artist, according to tax
> returns released Tuesday by the Kerry campaign.
>
> Kerry's 2003 return shows that he received $175,000 as his part
> from the sale of a work by the 17th-century Dutch seascape
> painter Adam Willaerts.
Good for him: he is a real go getter and a good businessman.
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I'm sure Bush has a nice black velvet Elvis and those dogs playing poker
paintings at the ranch. They would probably bring in a few bucks.
Jim E
a string of profitable gold digging.
Business men currently have a bad rap, but not THAT bad.
A real go getter....... . . . . ..
Rich woman's husband dies and it's go getter john, go getter fast.
Jim E
Baldin Pramer
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>>starwars wrote:
>>
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>>>National Review
>>>http://snipurl.com/5pji
>>>
>>>Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's largest single
>>>source of income in 2003 came from the sale of his half-interest
>>>in a painting by a 17th-century Dutch artist, according to tax
>>>returns released Tuesday by the Kerry campaign.
>>>
>>>Kerry's 2003 return shows that he received $175,000 as his part
>>>from the sale of a work by the 17th-century Dutch seascape
>>>painter Adam Willaerts.
>>
>>Good for him: he is a real go getter and a good businessman.
>>
>>
>
> Business man my ass.
He was a prosecuting attorney before he ran for public office. Anyone
who knows enough to invest in art that is going to appreciate, then
sells it for a tidy profit is a good businessman.
> He's a political hack living off the public trough
He is paid for doing a legitimate job -- US Senator. The people elected
him, so apparently they approve of the job he is doing.
> and
> a string of profitable gold digging.
He likes rich women. So do I. So what?
> Business men currently have a bad rap, but not THAT bad.
> A real go getter....... . . . . ..
> Rich woman's husband dies and it's go getter john, go getter fast.
That's kind of funny. By go getter, I mean a man with lots of ambition.
Ambition is necessary for someone to achieve as much as Kerry has. You
don't become president without ambition.
Do you have something against success?