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Democratic Senator Reveals Nearly $300,000 in Unpaid Property Taxes

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Another Democrat with tax issues... will wonders never cease?

Democratic Senator Reveals Nearly $300,000 in Unpaid Property Taxes - FoxNews.com
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"If my walk doesn't match my talk, then shame on me and don't ever vote for me again."


Any way you slice it, $287, 273 is a lot of money, especially in this economy. For one-term Senator Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., up for re-election in 2012, that's the amount of personal property taxes she failed to pay since 2007 on a plane she and her husband, a millionaire businessman, partially owned...

The senator had used the plane for political purposes paying for the travel with taxpayer money from her Senate office, a "mistake," the senator said, for which she reimbursed the government nearly $89,000...

"In the past two weeks, we have learned that Claire McCaskill billed taxpayers for political travel and failed to pay nearly $300,000 in personal property taxes on her plane. Over the last four years, cash-strapped school districts and the children in these schools have been deprived of these much-need funds," Missouri Republican Party chairman David Cole blasted in a statement from his office...

McCaskill recently co-sponsored a bill in the Senate that would send pink slips to federal employees who are found to have unpaid taxes...

Still, the controversy has proved too much for the senator, who, according to her office, has no plans for public events this week while the Senate is on recess. An audibly exasperated McCaskill told reporters, "I have convinced my husband to sell the damned plane. He has hired a broker, and I never intend to step foot on that plane ever again."
 
You have to pay property tax on a plane?
 
You have to pay property tax on a plane?

It's not property tax. It's personal property tax:

Personal, not real, property taxes: Most of the time when we (OK, me) hear the phrase property taxes, we (OK, me) think about the annual real estate taxes that we pay on our homes.

But some local jurisdictions also collect taxes on personal property.

Taxable personal property typically includes vehicles, trailers, mobile homes, watercraft, livestock, farm machinery and equipment, agricultural crops, furniture, fixtures, tools, and any other personal property that is not exempted by law like, for example, private airplanes.
Missouri Senator owes nearly $300,000 in private plane property taxes - Don't Mess With Taxes
 
Fate can exact a measure of justice at times. Claire is the senatorial bodacious equivalent of Maxine Waters in the House. When either one gets caught with their foot firmly stuck in their oversized mouths it is a joy to behold. Claire has made a name for herself having had the luxury of being a big noise blabbermouth during a completely demonRATic controlled first half. She'll be much more subdued now I'd say.

I must though, in all fairness Whovian criticize you for this topic post. You completely neglected to include a poll as to whether Senator Claire McCaskill should now be qualified to be nominated as the newest demonRATic member of the Senate Ethics Committee. Can't you just hear Charley Rangel all the way over in the House screaming out at the top of his lungs..."I second that nomination."?
 
must be nice to be a lowly paid public servant, who for some reason is only worth $15.5 million. where do these politicians keep finding all this money?

This story broke last week, when Politico reported that she had billed us for over $76,000 spent on at least 89 different trips. And this isn’t the first time Claire has been caught with her hands in the aviation cookie jar. During the 2006 Senate campaign, she and her millionaire husband were nailed for using a $3M plane that was registered in Delaware, a state that, unlike Missouri, has no personal property tax on private planes.... This wouldn't be big news if not for McCaskill's tendency to say one thing and do the other, as Mr. Smith noted in the quote above. Back in February, she co-sponsored a bill "that would fire federal employees if they are 'seriously delinquent' in paying their own federal taxes." [A]nd Politico reports that back in 2009, she '... blasted the House Appropriations Committee for approving nearly $200 million for three Gulfstream 550 jets to carry members of Congress, military leaders and top administration officials.' . . . The Missouri GOP has filed a complaint with the Senate's "Select Committee on Ethics", asking them to look at possible violations of Senate Rule 37 and how she has potentially misused taxpayer funds for her own interests. Lloyd Smith concludes the complaint document with a quote from McCaskill's own web site: 'Nothing irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think that they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true -- too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality. It's time for that to stop.'


Why yes, Claire, it is.
 
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Another Democrat with tax issues... will wonders never cease?

Democratic Senator Reveals Nearly $300,000 in Unpaid Property Taxes - FoxNews.com
McCaskill.jpg

"If my walk doesn't match my talk, then shame on me and don't ever vote for me again."


Any way you slice it, $287, 273 is a lot of money, especially in this economy. For one-term Senator Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., up for re-election in 2012, that's the amount of personal property taxes she failed to pay since 2007 on a plane she and her husband, a millionaire businessman, partially owned...

The senator had used the plane for political purposes paying for the travel with taxpayer money from her Senate office, a "mistake," the senator said, for which she reimbursed the government nearly $89,000...

"In the past two weeks, we have learned that Claire McCaskill billed taxpayers for political travel and failed to pay nearly $300,000 in personal property taxes on her plane. Over the last four years, cash-strapped school districts and the children in these schools have been deprived of these much-need funds," Missouri Republican Party chairman David Cole blasted in a statement from his office...

McCaskill recently co-sponsored a bill in the Senate that would send pink slips to federal employees who are found to have unpaid taxes...

Still, the controversy has proved too much for the senator, who, according to her office, has no plans for public events this week while the Senate is on recess. An audibly exasperated McCaskill told reporters, "I have convinced my husband to sell the damned plane. He has hired a broker, and I never intend to step foot on that plane ever again."

It's could be that this is just a case of a mistake on their taxes, which is possible for someone that's wealthy. There's alot of crap to account for. In the end she paid what she was supposed to and if the Dem's were half as dirty as conservatives in here are trying to make them out to be then this would have never happened. She'd call in some favors and never pay back the tax.

With that said I think that while you're a senator it wouldn't be a bad idea to have an accountant for every ten of them to ensure that this kind of crap goes on. If this happens once or twice then I could count them all as mistakes but after it happens this many times at least a few of them had to be an actual effort to evade taxes. Disturbing to say the least.
 
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Tax issues aren't exclusive to Dems.

Two ads target Ohio Republican on unpaid taxes - The Hill's Ballot Box

Ohio Republican Jim Renacci's ... got entangled in a complicated dispute with the state of Ohio over whether his network of businesses, which includes nursing homes and an auto dealership, made a profit in 2000.

Renacci, who's running against freshman Rep. John Boccieri (D-Ohio), declared a loss on his taxes. But after getting audited, he and his wife ended up settling with the state for more than $1.3 million in back taxes, interest and penalties, court records show.

Hart's tax woes add up to $700K - Spokesman.com - July 15, 2010

BOISE - Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart’s tax problems appear to be worse than previously disclosed.

When federal tax liens filed against Hart’s various business entities are combined with the hundreds of thousands in liens the IRS has filed against him personally in his ongoing fight over back income taxes, the third-term Idaho lawmaker faces a total of more than $644,000 in outstanding federal tax liens. A state income tax judgment against him that he’s attempting to appeal pushes that total up to nearly $700,000.

AMERICAblog News: Roy Blunt (R-MO): Congressman, GOP leader, Senate Candidate and Tax Cheat

Typical Republican. Rails against taxes, then tries to cheat the District of Columbia on his property taxes. But, Blunt and his lobbyist wife got busted. Roll Call (sub. req.) broke the story:

The District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue will charge Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and his spouse $5,600 in back property taxes for their Georgetown home, following a nearly two-month review of the property’s tax status.

The Missouri lawmaker and his wife, Abigail Perlman Blunt, own a three-bedroom Georgetown home, valued at $1.62 million in tax assessment records.

According to public tax records, the Blunts’ home had received the homestead tax deduction as recently as April, a benefit intended for full-time city residents that can shave hundreds of dollars off annual tax bills — and significantly more in the long term by limiting assessment increases.

Public records show that the city has recalculated taxes dating to 2005. The city does not list interest or penalties on the unpaid taxes.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Congressman jailed over bribery

Randy "Duke" Cunningham - a 64-year-old decorated Vietnam War pilot - pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion.

Cunningham accepted cash and gifts including a Rolls-Royce, a yacht and $40,000 Persian rugs in return for doing favours and awarding contracts

Cunningham's punishment - eight years and four months in jail - is one of the longest sentences ever meted out to a congressman.

He also was ordered to pay $1.8m to cover unpaid taxes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/politics/03cnd-abramoff.html?_r=1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 - Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to three felony counts in Washington today as part of a settlement with federal prosecutors, ending an intense, months-long negotiation over whether the Republican lobbyist would testify against his former colleagues.

Mr. Abramoff, 46, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, fraud, and tax evasion, setting the stage for prosecutors to begin using him as a cooperating witness against his former business and political colleagues. In exchange, Mr. Abramoff faces a maximum of about 10 years in prison in the Washington case.
 
Tax issues aren't exclusive to Dems.
You're right, except for one thing. Darlin' Claire is somewhat unique among all those you made note of. She's a bigmouth poseur of a hypocrite and this time it came back to bite her bigtime. I'll be expecting a recall petition
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It's could be that this is just a case of a mistake on their taxes, which is possible for someone that's wealthy

considering that she's been caught pulling this crap before, and considering that during her (failed) run for governor she ran ads suggesting that the Republican was corrupt for doing the exact same thing; i somehow doubt she was unaware of this provision of the tax code.

There's alot of crap to account for. In the end she paid what she was supposed to and if the Dem's were half as dirty as conservatives in here are trying to make them out to be then this would have never happened. She'd call in some favors and never pay back the tax.[/quote

15 years ago she might have. :D ain't the internet grand?
 
How nice of you to "justify" Claire's illegitmacy.

I'm not justifying anything. How nice of you to put words in my mouth. People from both parties do it. It's not exclusive to Dems. So, starting a thread every time somebody from one party or another does something is pointless because the same can be said of somebody from the other party. If you don't like to see examples of Republicans behaving badly, then stop crying every time a Democrat behaves badly. Because I will be damn sure to remind you that Republicans aren't angels either.
 
You're right, except for one thing. Darlin' Claire is somewhat unique among all those you made note of. She's a bigmouth poseur of a hypocrite and this time it came back to bite her bigtime. I'll be expecting a recall petition
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Now there is a justification. Amazed, you should take a lesson from DoctorHugo. He knows how to justify something.
 
You were the one justifying poor Claire.

No, I wasn't. Did you read my other post, or are you just ignoring it? You're just putting your fingers in your ears pretending not to hear the rational point that I made. Go ahead, be a partisan hack. I couldn't care less. I just wanted to point out that people from both parties do it. And you can continue to pretend that it doesn't matter. Whatever........
 
It's could be that this is just a case of a mistake on their taxes, which is possible for someone that's wealthy. There's alot of crap to account for. In the end she paid what she was supposed to and if the Dem's were half as dirty as conservatives in here are trying to make them out to be then this would have never happened. She'd call in some favors and never pay back the tax.

With that said I think that while you're a senator it wouldn't be a bad idea to have an accountant for every ten of them to ensure that this kind of crap goes on. If this happens once or twice then I could count them all as mistakes but after it happens this many times at least a few of them had to be an actual effort to evade taxes. Disturbing to say the least.

I wonder if they charged her the penalties etc. for paying late, or did she get the Rangle rule?
 
Tax issues aren't exclusive to Dems.

sure, but this is the equivalent of social conservatives getting caught in affairs/drugs. It's a different level of hyprocrisy altogether which makes it "newsier"
 
It's could be that this is just a case of a mistake on their taxes, which is possible for someone that's wealthy. There's alot of crap to account for.

Or it could be she is a hypocrite/Tax cheat like every other Democrat in Washington.

Yeah her CPA made the same mistake every year for the last 4 years.....just like Turd Geithner couldnt figure out Turbo-Tax.
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What I find funny is ANY time the GOP begins to lose ground in the national discourse, they ALWAYS turn to one of their favorite tried and true tactics, "Let's see what juice tidbits of dirt we can find on Democrats."

Not excusing McCaskill or anyone else for not paying their taxes, it's just interesting that the GOP always uses this tactic in an effort to discredit their opponent while ignoring misdeeds by members of their own party.Of course, they'll say that "finding those members of Congress who haven't paid their taxes" is doing the people's business. To that, I say, "Fine. But they should point that finger of ethics at your own people just as well"...something they rarely ever do. Of course, it's really all about taking the spotlight off of themselves and placing it on their opponent all the while hoping that the People don't realize they really haven't governed at all.
 
What I find funny is ANY time the GOP begins to lose ground in the national discourse, they ALWAYS turn to one of their favorite tried and true tactics, "Let's see what juice tidbits of dirt we can find on Democrats."

Not excusing McCaskill or anyone else for not paying their taxes,

....right.....your just going to attack Republicans and ignore Tax Cheat Mckaskill. Just like you probably did with Tax Cheat Turd Geithner (D)....Tax Cheat Rangle (D)....Tax Cheat Dodd (D).....Tax Cheat Kerry (D)......ect ect


it's just interesting that the GOP always uses this tactic in an effort to discredit their opponent while ignoring misdeeds by members of their own party.Of course, they'll say that "finding those members of Congress who haven't paid their taxes" is doing the people's business. To that, I say, "Fine. But they should point that finger of ethics at your own people just as well"...something they rarely ever do. Of course, it's really all about taking the spotlight off of themselves and placing it on their opponent all the while hoping that the People don't realize they really haven't governed at all.

And there isnt a difference between 11 Republican Tax Cheats and 15,876 Democrat Tax Cheats.........

........"Republicans do it to".....which excuses all 15,876.
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What I find funny is ANY time the GOP begins to lose ground in the national discourse, they ALWAYS turn to one of their favorite tried and true tactics, "Let's see what juice tidbits of dirt we can find on Democrats."

Not excusing McCaskill or anyone else for not paying their taxes, it's just interesting that the GOP always uses this tactic in an effort to discredit their opponent while ignoring misdeeds by members of their own party.Of course, they'll say that "finding those members of Congress who haven't paid their taxes" is doing the people's business. To that, I say, "Fine. But they should point that finger of ethics at your own people just as well"...something they rarely ever do. Of course, it's really all about taking the spotlight off of themselves and placing it on their opponent all the while hoping that the People don't realize they really haven't governed at all.
Why of course you are. You called it a juicy tidbit, instead of what it is.
 
What I find funny is ANY time the GOP begins to lose ground in the national discourse, they ALWAYS turn to one of their favorite tried and true tactics, "Let's see what juice tidbits of dirt we can find on Democrats."
You use double quotation marks for that comment. I'd like to know who offered the comment please?
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Not excusing McCaskill or anyone else for not paying their taxes,...
Of course you are. Just because you start off with this phony disclaimer means nothing. You use this as your jumping off point to do just that by your follow-up comments trying very hard to minimize the situation:
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it's just interesting that the GOP always uses this tactic in an effort to discredit their opponent while ignoring misdeeds by members of their own party.Of course, they'll say that "finding those members of Congress who haven't paid their taxes" is doing the people's business." And again with the double quotation marks and so source attribution for that quote. Please to do so.

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To that, I say, "Fine. But they should point that finger of ethics at your own people just as well"...something they rarely ever do. Of course, it's really all about taking the spotlight off of themselves and placing it on their opponent all the while hoping that the People don't realize they really haven't governed at all.
Can you give me an example of when YOU complied with your own advice and posted an outrage against a demonRAT who cheated somehow? If you can't then your lecture to us is an exercise in hypocrisy mister.
 
Now it makes sense why these people want to raise the tax rate. They don't pay the taxes anyway so the rate will not impact them!
 
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