Rafalca's tax deduction more than median income.

[pappy]

Political Carnival is on the case.

Quote:The Romneys declared a loss of $77,000 on their 2010 tax returns for the share in the care and feeding of Rafalca, which Mrs. Romney owns with Mr. Ebeling’s wife, Amy, and a family friend, Beth Meyers.

If you can't relate you are obviously envious!

[jaxx]

Do all pets get to be a write off? Or just rich pets?

[Born_A_Truman]

My hay, supplements, feed, farrier bills and vet bills aren't a write off? What am I doing wrong?

[azmouse]

Interesting that Willard and his wife can get away with "dressage" and not be accused of elistism.

Who remembers this?:

Quote:Conservative blogs lumped the windsurfing in with Mr. Kerry's other elite hobbies - skiing, biking, flying between vacation homes. ("He married the all-inclusive package," sneered one posting on freerepublic.com. "EVERYTHING is included.")

Like the helmeted Michael Dukakis peeking out of the tank, or the first George Bush bewildered at the grocery scanner, the photo of Mr. Kerry windsurfing played into the negative stereotype his opponents are trying to play up - in this case, that of the out-of-touch, elitist Massachusetts liberal.

The stereotypes of the sport are unfair - there are lots of plumbers and construction workers windsurfing off Cape Cod and in the lakes of Iowa.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/weekin...5bigp.html