Patricia Kluge: Billionaire's Ex-Wife Faces Foreclosure

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1-22-2011 @ 12:46PM

silman said...

These monies were made from "You and I " the regular joes ! Now they are dumping our hard spent monies for 25 cents on the dollar ! Even so they will still be very rich people .1.6 mil a week is 90 MILLION a year tax free alimoney ? Peolpe like this are the basis for the extreme hatred of the " Moneyed". What she spent and is loosing would fed , clothe , and provide medical care for thousands and thousands of people for years. Would you build some fantasy winery or save the lives of 10,0000 people ? We all know Kluges answer !

1-25-2011 @ 11:16AM

Tim said...

First of all, it is you and "me". Secondly, alimony is taxable. Thirdly, do you think the mansion and whinery plus all the equipment just appeared one day after she wrote a check? I would think hundreds of people were paid for their labors building and maintaining her home and whinery. Grape vines must be planted and cared for. Grapes must be harvested and turned into wine. The wine must be aged, bottled and marketed. All thiis requires PEOPLE -- you and me.

1-25-2011 @ 12:28PM

Host Monique said...

Actually replying to TIM but there wasn't a reply option on his post.
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Tim wrote on Jan 25th 2011 11:16AM

"First of all, it is you and "me". Secondly, alimony is taxable. Thirdly, do you think the mansion and whinery plus all the equipment just appeared one day after she wrote a check? I would think hundreds of people were paid for their labors building and maintaining her home and whinery. Grape vines must be planted and cared for. Grapes must be harvested and turned into wine. The wine must be aged, bottled and marketed. All thiis requires PEOPLE -- you and me."
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Tim:

Actually, if you're going to be a Grammar Nazi, at least be correct and accurate about it when doing so.

It would be "You & I" ... NOT "You & Me" as you tried to insist upon.

You an me did not work at the WINERY. (NOT "whinery" as you wrote) Why did you and "me" not work at the winery? Because "me" cannot work at the winery by myself, but "I" can.

It is ONLY you and "me" when "me" can also be used singularly in the same sentence, as in, "The clown who can't spell made a comment directed at Silman and me." If you remove "Silman" the sentence still makes sense because the comment was then directed only at me.

Think before you decide to write BS criticizing another person's grammar.

Oh, and the only reason alimony is taxable is because the person being required to pay said alimony is getting a tax deduction for doing so. Child support, on the other hand, is not taxable because the person paying it does not get a deduction for paying it since child support is seen simply as a fulfillment of a family obligation, deserving of no tax deduction or inclusion in anyone's income. Alimony on the other hand, in some respects, is not seen as support of family, but more like a business transaction between unrelated parties.

Lastly, if the spouses so choose, the alimony payments CAN be tax-exempt to the recipient if the payor will not receive the deduction -- basically treating alimony payments like child support.

So yeah... consider yourself schooled.

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