This is everything that is wrong with our tax system.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7107086
2007-08-09 14:46:09 · 14 answers · asked by Chainsaw 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
pathetic indeed...Thank God our good for nothing Congress is on SUmmer break. It's the only time of the year Washington doesn't have it's hands in our pockets!
2007-08-10 05:01:07 · answer #1 · answered by aiminhigh24u2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wierd!!!
Jock tax: This is a tax on income earned by athletes, entertainers (OK, not just jocks), and their various entourages, including non-athletic or non-performer employees. Generally, any money player or performer earns while playing in that particular city or state gets taxed.
California levied the first jock tax in 1991, on athletes from Chicago, right after the Chicago Bulls beat the L.A. Lakers. (Chicago quickly responded in kind.) Today, most states with a professional sports team impose a jock tax.
William Ahern, of the Tax Foundation, said a DC United soccer player received tax forms from 10 different states. The player was no Alex Rodriguez. "The guy makes $26,000 a year," says Ahearn. "The jock taxes he owed varied from $200 to $2."
2007-08-09 22:03:27 · answer #2 · answered by Me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree but 1st we as a nation need to STOP spending ridiculous amount of money on B.S. things.........
We are 9 trillion dollars in debt and the War is costing us another 3 billion or so a week...........
I just want ot no were is the money going to come from?
I have asked this question and nobody can give me an answer that will actually resolve this financial mess America is in!!
2007-08-09 21:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
but think of all the people that could be helped with that money. think of the efficient government processes that would deliver the money directly to where it was most needed. think how easily he can pay the tax since he received a windfall profit.
just trying to play liberal's advocate... and realizing how trite that is.
2007-08-09 22:02:05 · answer #4 · answered by WJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your right a national sales tax is the only answer. Abolish the IRS!
2007-08-09 21:53:06 · answer #5 · answered by hardwoodrods 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't believe that story. It is absolutely ridiculous and actually shows yet again why this nation has ideals that should have splashed into McCovey Cove.
2007-08-09 21:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by Zombie Birdhouse 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is just stuff to put in the paper. the ball has no value until sold. that is like taxing lebron in high school because he had worth then. The IRS will only tax him on proceeds.
2007-08-09 21:54:02 · answer #7 · answered by Domino 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
sell the ball on the black market and put the money in Swiss bank account.
2007-08-09 21:58:55 · answer #8 · answered by gary L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How pathetic is it that a guy who broke no laws gets taxed and harassed by the government, but the guy who BROKE THE LAW (Bonds, drugs are illegal!) gets paid millions of dollars!?!?
2007-08-09 21:53:07 · answer #9 · answered by null 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
it just goes to show how greed and insanity dominates our government. they are the proverbial "rain" on the parade.
2007-08-09 21:56:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋