L.D.
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I see they must not file jointly. Amazing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/17/politi........f3421ac0b&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE
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dylansmom
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Can't say that I blame her. They are private, and she is not running for office. They are nobody's business but hers.
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buddyIam
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Soooooooooooo!
I haven’t heard her make claims about her tax returns in public.. And she isn’t running for office.
You on the other hand. Made specific claims about your returns today, on this board..
Would you care to make your returns public?
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L.D.
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My returns are public and available to anyone that cares to go through them.
Yes, Mrs Kerry is running for office. As the First Lady, she will have to make her returns public.
To my understanding, her returns should be made public now since her husband is the Democratic nominee. Her income, her taxes, the deductions, all are public record if it gets to court.
I also found out her late husband was a Republican and it is his money she is giving to the Democrats. If there is such as thing as turning over in one's grave, I bet he is doing it.
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PRT
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I don't see why she should make them public. Her income must all be the result of inherited $$ and Kerry didn't factor in that, although he certainly benefits from the largesse.
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buddyIam
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FELL FREE TO POST TAX RETURNS LD. NOT SAYING IT IS A VERY SMART THING TO DO..
But go ahead.. Scan them in big fella..
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Jim
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I believe that the Senator borrowed $6,000,000 using one of her houses as collateral to keep his campaign going during the primaries. Seems to me that that would be a factor in this conversatio.
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buddyIam
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It was his own house. Not the Mrs.
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L.D.
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Buddy,
You need to recheck that. At least a dozen sources, including Ms Kerry, says the mortgage was taken out on HER property. Even Kerry's contribution disclosure mentions the mortgage on her house.
It was done to circumvent some gift limit.
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buddyIam
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Kerry stakes home on White House bid
By Noelle Straub
Friday, December 19, 2003
Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] is mortgaging the house - literally - to keep his fading presidential hopes alive, writing an $850,000 personal check to his campaign yesterday and planning to take out a loan against his Louisburg Square townhouse.
The move, which makes Kerry the first candidate to funnel his own fortunes into his 2004 campaign, is an attempt to catch front-runner Howard Dean [related, bio], who has pulled ahead in fund-raising.
``He promised that he'll invest in his own campaign,'' said Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan. ``He did $850,000 already and he'll do more as the campaign goes on.'' Kerry hasn't yet decided the total amount of his own cash he'll plug into the campaign, Meehan said.
Campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill said Kerry loaned his campaign the $850,000 as ``a clear statement'' that he's in the race to stay. ``Sen. Kerry will keep all his options open under the law on further funding of the campaign,'' she said.
Kerry and Dean are the only two Democratic presidential candidates who have opted out of the public financing system and its spending limits. Kerry criticized the former Vermont governor for doing so but then followed his lead, saying he did not want to unilaterally disarm.
The Dean camp, which has a goal of getting two million Americans to give $100 each, criticized Kerry's decision to self-finance.
``While it's a lot easier to write yourself one big check, the only way a Democrat is going to beat President Bush [related, bio] is to get millions of Americans to donate whatever they can afford and that's exactly what Howard Dean is doing,'' said spokesman Jay Carson.
Presidential candidates who accept public money in the primaries can receive up to $18.7 million in public funds, but are limited to spending about $45 million.
President Bush opted out of the system in 2000 and will do so again this primary, even though he has no opponent. He is on his way to raising $200 million.
Kerry cannot legally tap into the fortune of his wife, ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry. He can only take out loans against his own holdings and half of those co-owned with his wife.
While Kerry led the money race in the early stages of the presidential campaign, Dean has far surpassed him as the contest heats up. During the first three months of 2003, Kerry raised $7 million. But in the third quarter of the year, Dean raised $15 million and Kerry $4 million.
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