From: elendil@mintir.new-orleans.la.us (Edward J. Branley)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.bush,talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.elections
Subject: Re: Better Off Than Four Years Ago NOT
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 11:00:13 CDT
Organization: Minas Tirith BBS, New Orleans, LA

alex@engr3.umbc.edu (alex) writes:

> In article <1992Aug28.170408.1712@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>, andy@SAIL.Stanf
>
> |> >  Although Bush has a 18 room house in Maine, his official residance
> |> >is an empty lot in downtown houston (33'x150'). He does this to avoid
> |> >paying any state income taxes. (Maine? Thats his vacation house)
> |>
> |> In that, he's just like any other govt official stationed somewhere
> |> else.  He's just like Congress critters who "live" in their home
> |> district only to maintain election eligibility.  (My critter doesn't
> |> own squat in "his" district and may not even rent more than a mail
> |> drop.)
> |>
> |> Of course, when Bush does it, it's different than when a Demo leader
> |> in Congress does.
>
>       I think that there is a difference between a mail drop to stay
> in your district and a mail drop to avoid income taxes. At least your
> congress critter is performing a service for his mail drop, Bush doesn't
> live in texas, he doesn't work in texas, he doesn't represent texas (except
> as part of the union) and he doesn't even visit texas very often. (You
> can argue the value of your congress critter all you want, I'll simply
> observe that your district elected him by popular vote, so somebody
> likes him).
>
>       He does, however, spend a lot of time in Maine, and utilize the
> services that are paid for out of state taxes, without actually paying
> any income tax. The *only* reason that he has any interest in Texas is
> to avoid paying maine income taxes, which strikes me as a tad sleezy
> for a president.
>
>       There's also the letter he wrote to the state of texas where he
> mainitained that he intendes to develop his property and make it his home.
> Either he's really planning to develop a 4500sq/ft urban lot for his
> residence, or he lied in order to avoid paying taxes. Since my money is
> on him retiring in Maine, I figure him for a liar.
>
> --
>                                Alex Crain::UMBC Academic Computing Services
> The feminist agenda is a socialist, anti-family political movement that
> encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice
> witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. - Pat Robertson 1992

The irony of Bush the tax-dodger is that his presence in Maine has a
significant negative impact on the budgets of the local agencies.  Since the
President requires all that neat extra security, police overtime, etc., Rubbers
costs the state and local governing bodies a lot of money.  The fact that he
doesn't pay them any taxes just adds insult to injury.



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