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| Cyclist who Gave Trump the Finger is Showered with Money | |
| 2017-11-15 | |
| [AnNahar] More than $70,000 in donations have poured into a crowdfunding site set up for the cyclist who was fired from her job for making a rude gesture to President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's motorcade. More than 3,000 donations -- from $5 to $250 -- have rolled in since November 6, when the GoFundMe campaign was set up on behalf of Juli Briskman. Briskman's raised middle finger was caught by news photographers as Trump's motorcade passed her on October 28 as he left Trump National Golf Course in Sterling, Virginia. The image immediately went viral. Three days later, the 50-year-old marketing executive was fired by her company, government contractor Akima. "Thank you Juli Briskman," wrote Rob Mello, who set up the GoFundMe account, calling her "an inspiration to us all." All the money raised goes directly to Briskman, he says on the site.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 And isn't there a gift tax on gifts over $10,000? It's gone up to $14,000. M. Murcek is partially right - the excess over $14,000 needs to go on a gift tax return filed by the giftee, for which there may or may not be a tax due. If it's the latter the excess of $14,000 goes against the giftee's estate tax exemption. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-11-15 11:50 |
| #4 I would have given the finger to Obean for nothing but probably would have been shot by someone on the left. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-11-15 09:05 |
| #3 And the $ Train will not go on forever. Maybe the DNC needs a new Marketing genius? |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-11-15 08:41 |
| #2 Gift tax is paid by the gifter, not the giftee. The recipient may see it treated as taxable income in many cases, though. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-11-15 06:56 |
| #1 And isn't there a gift tax on gifts over $10,000? I'm going to guess it counts as a bunch of little gifts and therefore not taxed. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-11-15 04:04 |