Comments on: Feel My Pain: The Federal Taxpayers’ Subsidy of Bill Clinton http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/feel-my-pain-the-federal-taxpayers%e2%80%99-subsidy-of-bill-clinton/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: spencer http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/feel-my-pain-the-federal-taxpayers%e2%80%99-subsidy-of-bill-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-145426 spencer Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:51:47 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1692#comment-145426 Annemarie apparently was unable to read the comment above that the GAO completely disproved the charges that the Clintons took things from the White House. On Bill not claiming the office expense as personal income, that is standard operating procedure under the tax code. How many CEOs do you know that claim report their office expenses as personal income to be taxed? As a matter of fact as a self-employed individual I get to claim my home office expenses as a business expense. Annemarie apparently was unable to read the comment above that the GAO completely disproved the charges that the Clintons took things from the White House.

On Bill not claiming the office expense as
personal income, that is standard operating procedure under the tax code. How many CEOs do you know that claim report their office expenses as personal income to be taxed?

As a matter of fact as a self-employed individual I get to claim my home office expenses as a business expense.

]]> By: Annemarie http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/feel-my-pain-the-federal-taxpayers%e2%80%99-subsidy-of-bill-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-145380 Annemarie Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:58:14 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1692#comment-145380 To Mr.Murphy, I quote from the bi-partisan Judicial Watch brochure, A Historic Record of Holding Bill & Hillary Clinton Accountable to the Law: "Judicial Watch helped force Hillary & Bill Clinton, through a Senate Ethics Legal Complaint, to return SOME of the White House property and gifts which they illegally stole on their way out of office on 1.20.01"!!!! These Clintons, common crooks, are a disgrace to the USA. To Mr.Murphy,
I quote from the bi-partisan Judicial Watch brochure, A Historic Record of Holding Bill & Hillary Clinton Accountable to the Law:

“Judicial Watch helped force Hillary & Bill Clinton, through a Senate Ethics Legal Complaint, to return SOME of the White House property and gifts which they illegally stole on their way out of office on 1.20.01″!!!!

These Clintons, common crooks, are a disgrace to the USA.

]]> By: blackton http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/feel-my-pain-the-federal-taxpayers%e2%80%99-subsidy-of-bill-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-145304 blackton Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:17:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1692#comment-145304 Under what theory does Clinton exclude all those perks from taxable income? How about under the theory of decency and restraint? At what point is enough enough? The Clinton's can't hope to spend all of their money in their lifetime, yet he still seeks for more, ever more. I think ultimately he hopes to endow a perpetual Clinton memorial machine, one that will forever crank out useless papers attesting to his greatness. Under what theory does Clinton exclude all those perks from taxable income? How about under the theory of decency and restraint? At what point is enough enough?

The Clinton’s can’t hope to spend all of their money in their lifetime, yet he still seeks for more, ever more. I think ultimately he hopes to endow a perpetual Clinton memorial machine, one that will forever crank out useless papers attesting to his greatness.

]]> By: THE NEW REPUBLIC | Blogs http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/feel-my-pain-the-federal-taxpayers%e2%80%99-subsidy-of-bill-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-145303 THE NEW REPUBLIC | Blogs Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:19:12 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1692#comment-145303 [...] and his lavish pension.This is not just my pencil calculations on a notepad.All of this was calculated by Endward A Zelinsky, an eminent professor of tax law at Cardozo School of Law. In many ways, [...] [...] and his lavish pension.This is not just my pencil calculations on a notepad.All of this was calculated by Endward A Zelinsky, an eminent professor of tax law at Cardozo School of Law. In many ways, [...]

]]> By: Interesting http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/feel-my-pain-the-federal-taxpayers%e2%80%99-subsidy-of-bill-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-145269 Interesting Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:08:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1692#comment-145269 Under what theory does Clinton exclude all those perks from taxable income? Under what theory does Clinton exclude all those perks from taxable income?

]]> By: Sean http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/feel-my-pain-the-federal-taxpayers%e2%80%99-subsidy-of-bill-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-145265 Sean Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:31:32 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1692#comment-145265 How much money did Nixon make from writing books after he left the White House? George H. W. Bush was already rich--why did he get federal support? Singling out Clinton for this is absurd; every other modern-era president has made or had access to plenty of money post-presidency as well. How much money did Nixon make from writing books after he left the White House? George H. W. Bush was already rich–why did he get federal support?

Singling out Clinton for this is absurd; every other modern-era president has made or had access to plenty of money post-presidency as well.

]]> By: M Murphy http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/feel-my-pain-the-federal-taxpayers%e2%80%99-subsidy-of-bill-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-145262 M Murphy Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:51:40 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1692#comment-145262 Mr. Frasier apparently has forgotten that the Government Accountability Office (a non-partisan Congressional Agency) was asked to investigate this accusation and found that it had no basis. Mr. Frasier apparently has forgotten that the Government Accountability Office (a non-partisan Congressional Agency) was asked to investigate this accusation and found that it had no basis.

]]> By: J W Fraser http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/feel-my-pain-the-federal-taxpayers%e2%80%99-subsidy-of-bill-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-145261 J W Fraser Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:31:00 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1692#comment-145261 Most citizens have also forgotten that when the Clintons left the White House, they took unprecedented action of removing everything that was not nailed down and I am sure they did not declare this "presidential bonus" on their tax return either. Most citizens have also forgotten that when the Clintons left the White House, they took unprecedented action of removing everything that was not nailed down and I am sure they did not declare this “presidential bonus” on their tax return either.

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