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Old 08-02-2012, 03:37 PM   #2165
molson
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Originally Posted by kcchief19 View Post
Can we please cross Marco Rubio off the VP short list?

Rubio bill would make Olympic prize money tax-exempt | The Ticket - Yahoo! News

More time wasting on bullshit. Grover Norquist says athletes who get a gold-medal bonus have a tax burden. Guess what? If I get a bonus at work, I have a tax burden too. How about all bonuses tax free?

If this is Rubio's idea of governing, count me out.

I don't know how much tax money that would cost the country, but I wish politicians were more worried about this kind of stuff than taxes on medals.

IRS missing billions in ID theft - Business - Boston.com

$5 billion a year! Medicaid fraud losses might be even higher, and real enforcement there only started pretty recently (but it's still remarkably easy to steal from the government.) If you're a provider, and bill the government for services you never rendered, they'll pay you and there's a 99% chance you'll get away with it. But these things tend not to be really big talking points for politicians generally.

Last edited by molson : 08-02-2012 at 04:30 PM.
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