Want to retire and play golf instead of working?

[don webb]

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If you thought cash for clunkers was the ultimate waste of taxpayer money, take a look at this one.

Thanks to the federal tax credit to buy high-mileage cars that was part of President Obama's stimulus plan, Uncle Sam is now paying Americans to buy that great necessity of modern life, the golf cart.

The federal credit provides from $4,200 to $5,500 for the purchase of an electric vehicle, and when it is combined with similar incentive plans in many states the tax credits can pay for nearly the entire cost of a golf cart

The purchase of some models could be absolutely free," Roger Gaddis of Ada Electric Cars in Oklahoma said earlier this year.

"Is that about the coolest thing you've ever heard?....:drive:

The golf-cart boom has followed an IRS ruling that golf carts qualify for the electric-car credit as long as they are also road worthy. These qualifying golf carts are essentially the same as normal golf carts save for adding some safety features

Golf Cart Man in Villages of Lady Lake, Florida referring to his offer in which you can buy the cart for $8,000, get a $5,300 tax credit off your 2009 income tax, lease it back for $100 a month for 27 months, at which point Golf Cart Man will buy back the cart for $2,000.

This means you own a free Golf Cart or made $2,000 cash doing absolutely nothing!!!"

You can't blame a guy for exploiting loopholes that Congress offers.

The IRS has also ruled that there's no limit to how many electric cars an individual can buy, so some enterprising profiteers are stocking up on multiple carts while the federal credit lasts, in order to resell them at a profit later.

This golf-cart fiasco perfectly illustrates tax policy in the age of Obama, when politicians dole out credits and loopholes for everything.

Democrats then insist that to pay for these absurdities they have no choice but to raise tax rates on other things—like work and investment—that aren't politically in vogue.

If this keeps up, it'll soon make more sense to retire and play golf than work for living.....:fing02:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...099542430.html

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[intergalactic]

Parts of my robot body were reconstructed using this tax loophole. My metal frame has been enhanced with the ability to travel at high speeds with little cost up front. I park myself behind small businesses and plug-in my cord to recharge. As this forum is called Zeropaid, it implicitly condones not paying for services rendered; I describe this electrical theft as "leeching."

Obama's presidency has been a boon to the self-aware robot community due to his pro-sentient-robot policies.