Income Taxes & The White House

Nixon’s vice-president, Spiro Agnew, would have been the 38th president.  But he had to resign from office in October of 1973 for failing to report $29,500 of income in 1967.    It’s called income tax evasion.  Otherwise, he would have been the 38th president.

I feel a loop coming on.

 

INCOME TAXES & THE APOLLO ASTRONAUTS

“If anyone from the IRS is watching, I forgot to file my 1040 Return and I meant to do it today, but…” /  “That’s no joke.  They’ll jump on him.”  –from Apollo 13

 

THE INCOME OF TEST PILOTS

“A controversy arose over just how much bonus Slick Goodlin should receive for assaulting the dread Mach 1 itself.  Bonuses for contract test pilots were not unusual, but the figure of $150,000 was now bruited about.  The Army balked, and Yeager got the job.  He took it for $283 a month, or $3,396 a year, which is to say, his regular Army captain’s pay.”  –from the book The Right Stuff