And I live in Cleaver’s. Who’s got it worse? LOL! I hope to never hear the name Carnahan again after November. Defeat both Russ and Robin in her run for the U.S. Senate.

Something looked off to me. I’ll take your word for it.

registration or be required to pay taxes in a state where it is docked or even where its owner lives. A 42 is certainly big enough to be documented. A documented vessel is a true US flagged vessel and is in many ways a bit of sovereign US territory where ever it may be. Some states do require state registration of documented vessels and some don’t. Some make an owner pay taxes on a documented vessel while in the state’s waters, some don’t. Most do, however, put some time limit that a vessel can stay in their waters without paying taxes.

I’m not defending the guy and he may just be keeping it in IL to avoid MO taxes and is just being a deadbeat about registering it; you can usually get a vessel documented quickly if the title is clear and you can prove it is US built. Usually, it isn’t worth it to document unless you’re using a vessel commercially. It costs a lot more than state registration. Some lenders require documentation for their security should the vessel be taken to another country. And some people document purely to avoid state laws and taxes. But, we need a lot more info than that press release to know what’s really going on.

That said, people do love to hate powerful people with big boats. I know, I’ve taken enough grief over mine and it isn’t nearly as big as his.

Come November it’s Democrat Season at the ballot box!

I live in St Louis and there really isn’t anywhere to dock a 42 foot yacht on the Missouri side of the river. That being said, a 42ft yatch? Way to stay working class.

Are you implying that those of us with children should not take the perfectly-legal child tax credit, because we “ought to” be paying more taxes? It sounds from the description that Mr. Carnahan is following the law as written: as long as the boat is not located in the state, which clearly it is not, he’s under no legal obligation to register it there or pay MO taxes.

I’d assume Mr. Carnahan also has a home and vehicle(s) in the Metro DC area. I doubt very much if he pays MO personal property taxes on those either, nor is there any legal or rational reason why he ought to as they are not in the state of MO.

Do we really want to encourage states to demand taxes of your property no matter where it’s located? I think not.

Let’s make fun of the guy for being a John Kerry yacht-owning limousine liberal, but if he’s obeying the laws as written, fair enough. At least he’s not doing a Geithner or Rangel.