As compensation for speeches he gave from 2004 to the present, he had

$37,750 of payments made directly to a scholarship fund at Austin

College.^[7] Kirk should have included the $37,750 payments with his gross income and then claimed a charitable deduction for the same amount.^[7] Kirk also claimed deductions for three years of season tickets to the Dallas Mavericks, as qualifying entertainment expenses.^[7]

In order to claim a qualifying entertainment expense, the Internal

Revenue Service requires written documentation of the time, place,

business purpose, name, and business relationship of the person being

entertained, records that Kirk did not keep for almost half of the

basketball games.^[7] Kirk's deductions for tax and accounting fees were also too large

KOAJ, I would say the majority of Americans, have attempted to stretch Tax Regs to their benefit. Also, an argument could definitely be made from the "who better to catch a crook..." perspective. So lets get up in arms about a politico who tried to shave a few grand off his tax bill, but we'll take the billion(s) dollar big business (Oil Co's and Halliburton-distinctly) raping, brought on by the previous administration's policies, laying down... like weak, ignorant, beleaguered dogs.

Generally speaking, there is no reason that on-line gambling should not be legalized, as it would certainly enhance our decimated cash flow. (Wouldnt hurt my feelings at all for books to have to pay some form of tax on their US based earnings.) Many euro- nations have their own, state-run, sports book; just as we have outlets for state run lottery/lotto/keno etc.. A Certain Cash Cow... ahhh yes, but then we'd all be condemned to hell.