Do You Believe This?

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Who wouldn't want to sleep naked with a wrinkled woman in her 50s?

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Who wouldn't want to sleep naked with a wrinkled woman in her 50s?

I think some of these comments are getting kind of mean. I know Gary can be quite boastful at times which is bad form, but don't you think this is sort of turning into a "Gary Lynching"

[*julez* 124]

You reap what you sow.

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I think some of these comments are getting kind of mean. I know Gary can be quite boastful at times which is bad form, but don't you think this is sort of turning into a "Gary Lynching"

Yes, it is. Join the party. He's a fighter, which makes it all more fun.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

They don't just look at line 22 - I was employed abroad during the tax year that I filed and would have required a co-sponsor if they did as I earned little money in the US that year. Since my foreign source income well exceeded the requirements it seems that the whole of the 1040 is examined.

Besides, $55k is when you were working for someone else the year prior. No shame in that but why pretend your situation is otherwise?

Working abroad is not the same as self employed. When working abroad I could have shown my tax return and proof of my tax free income. When self employed in the US you list your gross revenue on schedule C, "Profit or Loss from a Business", deduct expenses and costs, and depreciation and put the result in the income column which goes to line 22. Business expenses and costs are NOT income and are not counted as such by the USCIS. Many self employed people with big homes (paid for) cars, boats, etc. show -0- "income" after all their wirte offs.

John Edwards, for example, showed that he made minimum wage in his law practice in order to avoid paying SS and medicare tax.

$55,000 (if you read the post) was my "current" income in 2008, NOT what I made the year prior. Read carefully, I was self employed until late in 2007, November to be exact. The income I had to show for my 2008 interview was my 2007 tax return. If you are trying to "prove" something about me, you should at least understand what you are talking aboout, and yes, $55,000 for a part time job, plus bonuses is pretty damn good, which is why I get to go swimming in the middle of the afternoon.

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...which is why I get to go swimming in the middle of the afternoon.

So go already.

[*julez* 124]

Then go swimmimg already and quit trying to convince a bunch of strangers what you're worth. It really is pathetic.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Well if you really had a rich man's income and you wrote everything off as a business expense you best pray you don't attract an audit - I've been through one and it is not fun.

By the way, I don't care if you are rich or poor. I have nothing to "prove" though you are trying quite hard to convince us otherwise when apparently you could be swimming

[SMOKE 1,426]

what have i missed? why is everyone fixated on gary being naked?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Naked. Like the emperor has no clothes

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what have i missed? why is everyone fixated on gary being naked?

He is the new Eric. He is driving the VJ ladies wild.

[justashooter 430]

Naked. Like the emperor has no clothes

now don't you go bring obama into this subject. i know you don't have to deal with him anymore.

[FaithfulandTrue 6]

[mendeleev 68]

also - bonuses would be reported as income

... unless there's a little tax evasion added into the mix!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

now don't you go bring obama into this subject. i know you don't have to deal with him anymore.

Poor you. I hope you can hang on until 2012.