I was surprised to learn today that our winning Olympians have to pay off the federal government. According to Americans for Tax Reform Gold medal winners will owe $8,986 in taxes for each medal, Silver winners will pay $5,385 and for each Bronze medal our athletes will pay $3,502.
Of course, we know they didn’t earn these medals on their own. They had help. They couldn’t have done it without the government. I just couldn’t help wondering why our leaders have kept mum about all this.
It must have been hard for President Obama to have kept up with running the country, while picking up Kyla Ross and Gabby Douglas at 3 in the morning every day to be sure they got to the gym to work out before going to school.
And how about Joe Biden? I know the VP has a lot of time on his hands, but Biden must have spent so much of it in the pool, working with Michael Phelps, helping him become the most decorated Olympian ever. That’s dedication!
And I’m sure Kimberly Rhodes could never have gotten that gold if it weren’t for Nancy Pelosi working with her on her skeet shooting skills day after day, month after month.
How selfless of these and other fine public servants to keep quiet about all the hours, all the hard work, and let these athletes soak up all the glory for themselves.
The very least the freeloaders can do is pay up.
August 1st, 2012 at 11:51 am
LOL Kathy, Those silly, silly liberals have never met a tax they didn’t like.
August 1st, 2012 at 1:41 pm
The Medalists should put every one of their medals in a Swiss Safe Deposit Box.
Just tell the American people that until the IRS is Burned At The Stake, the medals will not come home.
The IRS sends my entire yearly Tax Refund to the State of Louisiana based on the States erroneous claim that I owe them money. No Judgement, No Ruling, Just Their Claim.
If I could figure out how to get the Louisiana Department Of Revenue and the IRS in the same place, I’d have MY Batman Moment.
August 1st, 2012 at 2:21 pm
So, thats what they mean by taxation with representation.
Help me out here.
You want American gold medalist Olympians representing your country …
…and you want them to pay for it.
Got it.
August 1st, 2012 at 2:23 pm
This is a complete fabrication. The Olympic medals are not solid gold and silver. What do you think we are, idiots, like you?
Any tax one would have to pay on Olympic medals on one’s tax return would be trivial, if anything at all. You think the IRS has the time and the resources and the will to come after Olympic medalists? Are you nuts?
I just absolutely hate the right wing. You’re always trying to make some controversy where none exists, and the common person, being the moron he or she is, never fails to bite.
August 1st, 2012 at 2:35 pm
GOK Says:
‘ I just absolutely hate the right wing. You’re always trying to make some controversy where none exists,. . . . ‘
Kinda like the whole shabby Chic-feel-Hey thing. Right, Ghostie ?
August 1st, 2012 at 4:19 pm
GOK;
“This is a complete fabrication. The Olympic medals are not solid gold and silver. What do you think we are, idiots, like you?”
Most of us know they’re not solid ya Bone Ranger
Thats not why they’re taxed you idiot.
Theres cash bonuses that come with the medal.
I thought all you morons read the Huffy Post ?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/olympians-owe-irs-taxes-medals-cash-bonuses_n_1729486.html
August 1st, 2012 at 6:34 pm
What on Earth does this have to do with Obama?
August 1st, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Oh, and by the way…
According to a poll by Quinnipiac, CBS News, and the New York Times, Obama is ahead in Ohio and Florida by six percentage points, and is polling 53 percent to 42 percent in Pennsylvania against Mitt Romney.
August 2nd, 2012 at 5:54 am
Buzz, why did Obama not arrange for the taxes to be suspended? Most of those who are Olympic athletes are middle class. Only a handful will have careers and sponsors elevating them to be rich.
I saw that the average tax on a gold medal winner is $289 just on the medallion itself, plus about $8,900 on the $25,000 prize that the US Olympic Association pays to the winning athlete.
August 2nd, 2012 at 6:39 am
Hmmm… don’t remember the same conversation during the reign of Bush the Lesser.
August 2nd, 2012 at 6:59 am
Buzz, why did Obama not arrange for the taxes to be suspended?
Christ.
Well, I use my phone for an alarm and accidentally left it out in the living room where I didn’t hear it go off, so I was late for work. DAMN Obama. If my mind weren’t so occupied with how he’s such a commie, socialist, marxist, terrorist sympathizing Muslim from Kenya then I probably would have remembered to put my phone on the nightstand
August 2nd, 2012 at 7:36 am
buzzbee Says:
August 1st, 2012 at 6:34 pm
What on Earth does this have to do with Obama?”
well, it might be nice if he stepped in and said:
“This is bullsht”
Little kids cant open a lemonade stand and athletes reping us in the games have to pay for winning ?
Half these athletes are going to have to take out loans to pay for their/our countrys prizes.
They bust their asses, the fed should be kicken em down some greenbacks paying them as Ambassadors.
August 2nd, 2012 at 8:52 am
well, it might be nice if he stepped in and said:
“This is bullsht”
Name one other president in our history who stepped in and said “this is bullsht”.
You guys are incredibly delusional and so wrapped in your warped mentality, it would be funny if it weren’t so sad.
August 2nd, 2012 at 8:57 am
Besides, if he did say “bullsht” then you guys would be crying saying that this president gives these athletes special treatment and it would just prove that he has a socialist agenda, or some BS.
Republican AI:
if(NegativeEventOccurs) {
BlameObama();
}
else {
BlameObama();
}
August 2nd, 2012 at 9:31 am
Yeah Snow, last thing you need is to lose your job.
Wanna buy a rooster ?
I used to shoot or catch n sell the 30+ feral chickens usually hangin around ‘THAT MY WIFE INSISTS ON FEEDING’ !!! Now I eat them and their eggs, regardless of seeing one eat anothers turd one day. Free range is great, if you can control the diet.
But, since were still producing Ethanols corn supply during a drought, supplemented agricultural feeds has driven a 5 lb. box of frozen chicken thighs from last years 3.75 a box to 8.00 this year, so (6.50 on sale)
Why grow wheat and other grains ?.
So we can pay 5.00 for a loaf of Wonderbread.
Fckin Tortillas are 5.oo bucks a dozen.
Swearto God, at 4.99 a lb, one peach cost me 4.25.
Strawbwrries, 6.oo bucks a one pound basket, 1/4th are rotten.
Pound of ground chuck, 5.00
Todays breakfast, Chicken omlettes
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:00 am
Satire appears to be a new concept to the liberals on this thread. Reminds me that Republican voters in the last two presidential cycles were better educated than the Dems.
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:02 pm
“Satire appears to be a new concept to the liberals on this thread.”
Its not just this thread.
The four or five places I frequent have seen a surge in what appears to be minds trying to conceal a dwelling on impending doom.jokes
Gallagers watermelons are not in the mood for jokes right now.
Example from Tygrr;
Chelsibt:
“Also, the satire, if it can even be classified as such, was painful to read. I thought I was reading the naive writings of a highschool kid and his failed attempts at a logical debate. I give this piece an F-
Terrible, just terrible..
Micky:
“Chelsibit, might I suggest a sense of humor, relativity, and context since the effort applied to the piece required as much attention as the Chik-fil-a’s owners statement.
Leftists wont buy the better mouse trap because of a mans opinion.
And Rahm Emanuel talking about values.
Now, tell me, who’s the real high schoolers ?”
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Theres definitely an aura of doubt in the liberals air.
Even Snows gettin all pu$$ified and cant take a litleribbing.
MEs prolly gone Goth isolationist in Oregon.
Brian prolly offed himself, and wheres TA ?
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:32 pm
To be fair, satire on this site is a bit hard to detect because you guys spout insane sh*t all the time.
Part of me wouldn’t be surprised if this site is really just a parody of extreme right-wing-nuttery and you’re all a bunch of liberals.
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Even Snows gettin all pu$$ified and cant take a litleribbing.
What do you mean?
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:34 pm
When did I get all upset? I just talk sh*t like the rest of you. I can only think of one time where I was genuinely pissed off and I feel my reasons for being pissed were good and valid.
August 2nd, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Just a couple days ago you got sht all down your leg over Andys Batman massacre
“Its Sarah Palins fault”
I know, you didnt go there, kudos to you.
But you have been a little sensitive lately.
Hormones ? Chick had a dick ? Bad batch ?
Maybe liberalism is takin its toll on you.
August 2nd, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Even Snows getting all pu$$ified and cant take a litleribbing.
MEs prolly gone Goth isolationist in Oregon.
Brian prolly offed himself, and wheres TA ?
I can’t imagine that they left this site considering the warm embrace and pleasantries that are provided to people that have left of center (or on this site, left of the extreme right) opinions.
Like Ronald Ward, who elicited a considerable amount of derision for what appeared to be committing the crime of offering a “different” viewpoint.
Or perhaps they were all banned for obscenity in a context that was not radically right.
I am still pretty sure that most of you would like all people that are not in “lockstep” to disappear from this site (or country or planet, I am not sure what would be enough).
August 2nd, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Just a couple days ago you got sht all down your leg over Andys Batman massacre
That’s the one instance I’m talking about where I did indeed get a bit peeved.
August 2nd, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Buzz;
“Even Snows getting all pu$$ified and cant take a litleribbing.
MEs prolly gone Goth isolationist in Oregon.
Brian prolly offed himself, and wheres TA ?”
ME got busted lying and violating every request for acceptable decorum so many times its not funny.
Ronald attached sublime attacks on the persona’s of everyone before many had a chance to reply to opinions exerted as fact.
Not once did he give documentation backing his claims or example to reply with.
Just about everything was an attack as if anyone not agreeing was a far right fascist N@zi.
TA’s prolly havin a sex change.
The icing on the cake is that left of center to radical leftist commies just dont have any ammo to make a decent argument against dickhead.
A lot of hatred was falsely concocted against Bush during his terms which in return were policies dickhead ended up using to his advantage anyway.
The only argument today that most liberals have in general is “its Bushs fault”.
When the fact is for two of dickheads first years he had exclusive access to passing anything he promised us would work.
Well, he’s a few years late and about 13 trillion short.
As a liberal for 30 years I cannot for the life of me understand why the left has not seeked a better replacement. My conclusion can only be because of dickheads nefarious and underhanded threats to any liberal challenger.
A real man apologizes and admits his plan didnt work and tries something different, no matter where the ideas come from.
“That’s the one instance I’m talking about where I did indeed get a bit peeved.”
Just as I sht myself when Israel is minimized and their/our enemies are justified and totally revised.
But which is worth the energy ?
Andys semantics or peoples lives ?
Snow and I fight like cat n dog but in the end have always parted like gentlemen.
Hes chewed out liberals and I’ve chewed out conservatives because they crossed lines no ideology holds.
Same goes for Rahayader. Big time Libertarian whom I clashed with for days. But we treated each other like humans and apologized to each other when crossing lines.
The left has not much of an argument but to say that Bush fcked things up so bad we had no idea it would take so long.
I’ve learned that once you accept responsibility people forgive more, trust more and try to work as a team.
The progressive parasites who think they’re cons and libs within both parties are making this impossible.
August 2nd, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Correction…
“The icing on the cake is that left of center to radical leftist commies just dont have any ammo to make a decent argument “IN FAVOR OF” dickhead.