[wrench]

As they aren’t employed by the Olympics, they are contractors. As contractors, ALL their expenses associated with earning the awards is tax deductible. I doubt if any of them have under $50,000 in expenses so far this year, the real successful athletes, several times that.

[hal ogen]

They are in the 1%...it is only “fair” that their monies be redistributed to the “less fortunate”. Oh, by the way, they also should give nobama’s campaign $3.

[massgopguy]

Jim Thorpe had his medals taken away for what??????

[Atlas Sneezed]

As they aren’t employed by the Olympics, they are contractors. As contractors, ALL their expenses associated with earning the awards is tax deductible. I doubt if any of them have under $50,000 in expenses so far this year, the real successful athletes, several times that.

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Shhh! Don’t inject truth and reason into this issue. People are having too much fun with it!