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When these tickets are used by CMs and their staffs, either they are gifts or they are compensation. If they are gifts, then they should be subject to the Office of Government Ethics Uniform Standards of Ethical Conduct. These standards would prohibit CMs and their employees from using the tickets for personal use other than in very limited circumstances.

If on the other hand, they are compensation paid to the CMs and their staffs (which is probably the way they see it) then they should pay taxes on the fair market value.

As it is now, they treat them in some netherworld category where they can accept this expensive benefit for free and neither subject it to ethics rules nor recognize and report it as income.

by TM on Jun 6, 2012 12:36 pm • link • report

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