• May 27, 2012

Sarah Palin Has A Tax Problem!

by Sara K. Smith  10:32 am February 18, 2009

It will cost you $5 just to look at this picture.Oh dang there goes yet another candidate for President Obama’s cabinet, felled by a cloud of money-scandal! Sarah Palin would have made a wonderful Commerce Secretary — after all, she’s a Republican, and knows all about international trade after her clothes-buying tour of the People’s Republic of Manhattan. However, her prospects have been dashed on account of her owing TAXES TAXES TAXES on the per diem meal-and-incidental stipend she charged the state of Alaska while living in her Wasilla trash palace instead of the governor’s mansion in Juneau.

How is it that a person is able to collect a stipend for normally travel-related incidentals while staying at home? Through Alaskan magic.

Her spokeswoman says that “the amount of taxes owed is a private matter,” which sounds awfully like a tacit admission of RANK CRIMINALITY AND EXCESSIVE TOMFOOLERY.

As of mid-September 2008, Sarah Palin had collected nearly $17,000 from the state in exchange for sleeping in her house. She is the worst and most corrupt despot since Genghis Khan.

Palin to pay tax on past per diem[Anchorage Daily News]

{ 51 comments }

hockeymom February 18, 2009 at 10:35 am

Taxes are for little people.

Mr Blifil February 18, 2009 at 10:35 am

She becomes less bangable with every passing day.

PsycGirl February 18, 2009 at 10:35 am

That “private matter” phrase has sure come in handy for her team. I seem to recall it being applied to a brother-in-law situation, a pregnant daughter…

ManchuCandidate February 18, 2009 at 10:39 am

It’ll be good newz for Alaska finanzes then. She’s doing her part to deal with Alaska’s $1.5 Billion budget shortfall.

SayItWithWookies February 18, 2009 at 10:41 am

Selling the occasional grandchild to defray the amount of taxes owed is a private matter,”
There.

kizmets_adjutant February 18, 2009 at 10:41 am

I don’t think Genghis Khan was especially corrupt.

Advocatus_Diaboli February 18, 2009 at 10:43 am

[re=245870]hockeymom[/re]: Actually, it appears from the article that taxes are for non-Alaskans. Also.

groove February 18, 2009 at 10:44 am

Private matters in taxes…good. Private matters in abortion matters…bad. Got it.

Mr Blifil February 18, 2009 at 10:47 am

[re=245879]groove[/re]: Avaunt, with thy communist devil-logic, intended to confound and upset. Thou dost infect mine eyes!

frumious_bandersnatch February 18, 2009 at 10:48 am

Pfft. I would have charged at least ten times that for sleeping in her house. Plus PTSD counseling bennies.

shanemacgowan February 18, 2009 at 10:49 am

“For Politico to say it’s the same as Daschle — that’s bunk,”

Of course. Daschle is a Democrat.

rocktonsammy February 18, 2009 at 10:50 am

Apparently Bristol is the brains of the family, who knew?

Monsieur Grumpe February 18, 2009 at 10:53 am

That’s depressing; it’s warmer in Alaska than in Minneapolis.

Double Scorpion February 18, 2009 at 10:57 am

Whatever she screams at her retarded baby to get it to sleep is a private matter.
Fantasizing about servicing Barry the Muslin’s hog is a private matter.
Not paying taxes on your sleep at home scam, that’s public.

Guppy06 February 18, 2009 at 10:59 am

Money owed to public coffers is a private matter?

2goats February 18, 2009 at 11:00 am

I call cultural bias here. In the Peeps Repub of Alaska, you know, it’s like the Government is supposed to pay the citizens money, not citizens pay the Government. That would be socialism. Stop being so all “gotcha” and everything.

chascates February 18, 2009 at 11:01 am

From the Snow Queen’s interview with Gretta van Scientologist concerning her grandchild:
“I think if the family doesn’t all really kinda circle the wagons and help one another at a time like this…this is what family is for also to pitch in and proud of Bristol for accepting the help too that’s been offered her by her grandma, her great grandma, her great great grandma, and aunts and cousins, and we’re very thankful to be in the situation we are with so much help. I don’t know how other families do it. They kind of assume that the young parent is going to make it on their own, [catches herself] or assume that government will take care of the parent and that child. That’s not government’s role, but this is a role of families to pitch in and help.”

WadISay February 18, 2009 at 11:10 am

Tax problem in what respect, Charlie?

President Beeblebrox February 18, 2009 at 11:11 am

[re=245904]chascates[/re]: Also.

Try diagramming that first sentence.

BigBrainOnBrad February 18, 2009 at 11:11 am

“She is the worst and most corrupt despot since Genghis Khan”

…and she can almost see his native homeland of Mongolia from her house.

CollegeStudent February 18, 2009 at 11:13 am

[re=245890]rocktonsammy[/re]: You’re surprised?

Servo February 18, 2009 at 11:17 am

Did she try to claim “Intellectual Bankruptcy”?

S.Luggo February 18, 2009 at 11:20 am

[re=245870]hockeymom[/re]: As well should be the case. The poors, our nation’s parasites.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/menu/ny_times_top_20__pay_80__of_taxes_.guest.html

suchsweetthunder February 18, 2009 at 11:21 am

Every time we get a new story about Palin, I get embarrassed about all the mean things I said about Campbell Brown . . . and . . . God kills a kitten.

actor212 February 18, 2009 at 11:29 am

Jeez, how much tax can a trailer run up?

Sussemilch February 18, 2009 at 11:32 am

Genghis Khan was never late on his taxes. He had people.

masterdebater February 18, 2009 at 11:32 am

Ya see, it’s a private matter because the republicans are against paying taxes anyway. And government. Also, there are other things we should be looking at. Look over there. What taxes? Also.

chascates February 18, 2009 at 11:35 am

[re=245921]S.Luggo[/re]: OH GOD DAMN!
Limbaugh says that:
The overwhelming majority of federal income taxes are paid by the very highest income earners.
But that is because they make such an incredible amount of money, often via capital gains which are capped at a 15% tax rate. If someone makes $263 million a year (the average of the richest 400 in this country) then you would expect they pay a lot of taxes.

Mista Eko February 18, 2009 at 11:38 am

You take that back! Ghengis’s hordes only took what were the spoils of war and he was a leader with security and foreign policy experience.

cal February 18, 2009 at 11:42 am

[re=245890]rocktonsammy[/re]: I actually respect Bristol a lot more now that she’s admitted abstinence is a joke. Mom must have LOVED that!

Mr Blifil February 18, 2009 at 11:47 am

[re=245935]chascates[/re]: I love how Rush still clings to those pictures of himself from when he dropped a few pounds. Of course no matter how badly he treats himself, he’ll probably never suffer any kind of massive health emergency, because God just doesn’t love us enough for that to happen.

CorkPopper February 18, 2009 at 11:49 am

[re=245943]cal[/re]: Yes, that was cool. Would have been cooler if she could have brought herself to utter the words “birth control”. I suppose that might have jeopardized the support she gets from her 2,471 family members, though.

TGY February 18, 2009 at 11:50 am

She could be Secretary of Commerce. Um. Also.

NebraskashireGentry February 18, 2009 at 11:52 am

historians have shown Genghis Khan wasn’t THAT bad.

I’m not so sure history will be so kind to Mrs. Palin…but it’s possible that in a thousand years she too will get the benefit of the doubt from academia.

unfortunately, this will come too late for her to win the presidency. unless she’s cryogenically frozen.

TeddyS February 18, 2009 at 12:16 pm

If the MSM would just quit picking on Palin she would find the reform and oil Alaska people family private tax cuts with Bristol getting married soon conservatives snow, you betcha’.

DustBowlBlues February 18, 2009 at 12:23 pm

[re=245879]groove[/re]: Palin is loathsome. I don’t watch Faux News (surprise, surprise) but I did see a clip of that sad little teenager, wistfully saying she wishes she could have an education and a career before she got tied to a baby. And abstinence is a nice thing except it doesn’t work.

If there were ever an argument for abortion, poor little Bristol–the victim of her mother’s political ambition–is it. And daughter sounds smarter than mom.

DustBowlBlues February 18, 2009 at 12:28 pm

[re=245952]CorkPopper[/re]: I was so touched by little Bristol that I’ve given up hoping that someone discovers that Louie–Lenny–Levi–whateve the baby dad’s name is–is her second cousin. Now I’ll settle for second cousin once-removed.

Crazybroad February 18, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Palin no longer amuses me.

Cape Clod February 18, 2009 at 12:34 pm

[re=245918]Servo[/re]: I think that’s called Chapter 1, so it’s easy find.

Didn’t this woman get $5 million dollars this year to author a coloring book or something?

evolutionista February 18, 2009 at 12:43 pm

mavericky!

One Yield Regular February 18, 2009 at 12:55 pm

I just assumed that everyone in Alaska got $$$ for sleeping in their own homes, because of the inconvenience to their lives caused by pipelines and oil rigs filling their backyards, not to mention the ambient noise of Gulfstreams full of oil executives causing turbulence in their cold clean air.

tiger February 18, 2009 at 12:57 pm

Alaska, or The People’s Republic of White Trash.

populucious February 18, 2009 at 12:58 pm

[re=245921]S.Luggo[/re]: I’ve never understood why this concept is shocking or controversial or menacing. Why wouldn’t the wealthiest people pay the most taxes? Would it make more sense if the stats were 80% of the nations tax revenue come from the lowest 20% of incomes?

jaycrib February 18, 2009 at 1:00 pm

[re=245876]SayItWithWookies[/re]: this

BetterDaysAreComing February 18, 2009 at 1:05 pm

This from the woman who vowed to bring change to Washington. Guess that meant any nickels and pennies she could find under sofa cushions and in gutters.

WhatTheHeck February 18, 2009 at 1:06 pm

Palin. The gift that keeps on giving.

I want to pay her taxes so she can run in 2012.

WikipediaBrown February 18, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Even Genghis Khan knew enough to have a secular state. Don’t sully his reputation by lumping him in with her! SP is more like a retarded Blagojevich.

Mumble Softly February 18, 2009 at 1:42 pm

[re=246104]WikipediaBrown[/re]: Some could interpret that remark to mean SP is really smart, since two negatives do make a positive.

I for one would be glad to pay my taxes and then some, if I had a job… or a computer to file my turbo tax return… ohhhh, I am going back to sleeping under my carboard box now….

RobPetrified February 18, 2009 at 1:55 pm

Do the Palins have moosenutz dangling from the rear of their snow machines?
Were they bought with taxpayer dollars (or is that rubles)?

Crow T. Robot February 18, 2009 at 2:02 pm

shenanigans?

wreckingball February 18, 2009 at 10:20 pm

Please save us from further Palin coverage – we should all take vows to abstain from it. Just as soon as we check this article out about why…
http://tinyurl.com/bjbrw8

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