{"id":245977,"date":"2010-01-29T08:45:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T13:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f86\/tiger-super-bowl-tickets-tax-code-presidential-pandering-38754\/"},"modified":"2010-01-29T08:45:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T13:45:16","slug":"tiger-super-bowl-tickets-the-tax-code-and-presidentialpandering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/245977","title":{"rendered":"Tiger, Super Bowl Tickets, the Tax Code and Presidential*Pandering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>01.28.10 07:01 PM<\/p>\n<p><b>*Tiger replaced by  a&amp;hellip; frog?<\/b> Accenture, one of Tiger Woods&amp;rsquo; major sponsors, announced that the golfing  legend would be replaced in their future advertising by a surfboard-riding  elephant, a leapfrogging frog and other computer-generated animals. This time  their $50 million annual budget will be spent on images they can control. Can&amp;rsquo;t  say I blame them.<\/p>\n<p> <b>*Does that include  a private jet?<\/b> The <i>Wall Street Journal <\/i>ran a feature  last week on how much it would cost to nab a seat at this year&amp;rsquo;s Super Bowl. In  their research, bidding site eBay.com scored both the cheapest resale (still a  hefty $1,750) and the most expensive package&amp;mdash;a private box whose &amp;ldquo;buy now&amp;rdquo;  price was a staggering $373,750. And no, it did not include transportation to  the game by a private jet.<\/p>\n<p> <b>*Even the IRS  commissioner needs help.<\/b> This shouldn&amp;rsquo;t surprise you, but in a recent  interview, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman says he  doesn&amp;rsquo;t even try to fill out his own tax return. &amp;ldquo;I find the tax code complex,&amp;rdquo;  Shulman said. When asked why he didn&amp;rsquo;t help make the tax laws less complex, the  commissioner put the blame on Congress. &amp;ldquo;I don&amp;rsquo;t write the tax laws,&amp;rdquo; he  replied.<\/p>\n<p> <b>*Barack Obama&amp;rsquo;s  populist pandering.<\/b> No doubt the president&amp;rsquo;s promise to &amp;ldquo;tax those darned banks&amp;rdquo; will get the  support of many voters. But consider: Many of his targets, such as HSBC, never  took <u>any<\/u> bailout funds. Others, such as Wells Fargo, only accepted  because they were forced to&amp;hellip; and paid back every penny as soon as they could. Of  course, such political favorites as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the auto  companies&amp;mdash;which were the largest recipients of government funds&amp;mdash;will be exempt  from the special tax.<\/p>\n<p> &amp;mdash;<i>Chip Wood<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/chip-shots\/tiger-super-bowl-tickets-the-tax-code-and-presidential-pandering\/\" >http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/chip-&#8230;ial-pandering\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01.28.10 07:01 PM *Tiger replaced by a&amp;hellip; frog? Accenture, one of Tiger Woods&amp;rsquo; major sponsors, announced that the golfing legend would be replaced in their future advertising by a surfboard-riding elephant, a leapfrogging frog and other computer-generated animals. This time their $50 million annual budget will be spent on images they can control. Can&amp;rsquo;t say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4498,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}