Tiger Woods Backs Phil Mickelson on California Taxes: “I moved out of here back in ’96 for that reason.”
Phil Mickelson, over the weekend:
There are going to be some drastic changes for me because I happen to be in that zone that has been targeted both federally and by the state and, you know, it doesn’t work for me right now. So I’m going to have to make some changes.
“If you add up all the federal and you look at the disability and the unemployment and the Social Security and the state, my tax rate’s 62, 63%. So I’ve got to make some decisions on what I’m going to do.”
Phil Mickelson, Monday:
“Finances and taxes are a personal matter and I should not have made my opinions on them public. I apologize to those I have upset or insulted and assure you I intend to not let it happen again.”
Tiger Woods, Tuesday:
“I moved out of here back in ’96 for that reason. I enjoy Florida, but I also understand what I think he was trying to say. I think he’ll probably explain it in a little more detail.”
We can all agree Mickelson should have never apologized in the first place, right? Ok? Good.
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January 23rd, 2013 at 2:14 PM
I moved out of Kansas City, Missouri back to Kansas for the same reason.
/Middle finger to KC’s 1% earnings tax.
//And fuck your stadium redevelopment tax.
///Just laughs at the toy train.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:15 PM
We can all agree Mickelson should have never apologized in the first place, right? Ok? Good.
i can agree with myself that he shouldn;t have said it in public in the first place, but otherwise moving to a friendlier tax state is something we can all agree we would at least consider
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:17 PM
Stop the presses, I’m actually agreeing with something Tiger’s done. Seems as though Tiger is smarter than Phil. Move to FLA, where there’s no individual income tax, the weather is hot, and the beaches are covered in scantily clad women.
/Team Florida
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:18 PM
I agree California taxes suck, but fucking Florida? No. Thanks.
/maybe if I was in High School so I could bang a couple teachers…
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:18 PM
plus bou, just look at this map
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:19 PM
Right, Tiger said it like a man and Phil whined like a little bitch. That’s why nobody minds Tiger saying it.
Tiger loves his money. Nobody denies this.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:19 PM
Back when he did it, Tiger made no secret of why he moved to Florida. IIRC, it coincided with his turning pro and/or signing the first Nike deal and was stated to be part of his long-term financial planning.
Tiger > Phil
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:21 PM
Time for a California women vs. Florida women debate.
/Team Golden State
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Mickelson will be really screwed if they ever raise the SS maximum income base, like they should.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Time for a California women vs. Florida women debate.
/Team Golden State
you got it, no debate necessary
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Tiger’s still the man. Hope he smacks around that potato licking mick this year. And it’s not like Philly wrote an editorial. He was asked a question and answered it. Jesus Christ.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:23 PM
So do I!!
/Elin Nordegren
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:23 PM
And here I was just starting to get over yesterday’s political slap fight.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:24 PM
Jason going back to the well.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:24 PM
Alright you made me laugh, vez.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:25 PM
TX women >>>> CA women, right?
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Y’all are Obamasheeplemuslimphiles… Mike NYC was the only one making any sense.
/some dude
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:27 PM
Jason going back to the well.
Nah, commenting doesn’t drive this blogsiteplace.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:27 PM
In height maybe
/you know, because of the big hairdos
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:27 PM
It’s Bradley’s year. Rory’s got the new clubs and anyone who thinks this won’t hurt him is wrong.
/hunch
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:27 PM
/you know, because of the big hairdos
1989 would like it’s joke back.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:27 PM
Fuck: its joke.
/hangs head in shame
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:28 PM
Nah, commenting doesn’t drive this blogsiteplace.
The mobile app agrees
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:28 PM
TX women >>>> CA women, right
yes, not close.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:28 PM
Tiger was misquoted. He moved to Florida not because of “taxes” but because of “tail.”
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:28 PM
1989 would like it’s joke back.
throw in some bingo wings and obnoxious gum chewing, and it’s not wrong ms
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:29 PM
Fuck: its joke.
/hangs head in shame
you dumbass.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:29 PM
Made the mistake of backing him all last season.
/ Won’t Get Fooled Again
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:29 PM
Well, that and the free flowing Ambien.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:29 PM
M: California women
F: Texas women
K: Florida women
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:30 PM
So she’s Phoebe, from “Friends”?
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:30 PM
Does this include henna-tanned Dallas MILFs with the bolt-ons?
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:30 PM
Tiger prob had an app for Perkins locations on his iPhone.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:30 PM
/no Coop?
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:30 PM
M: California women
F: Texas women
K:
FloridaJersey womenJanuary 23rd, 2013 at 2:31 PM
IIRC, Phoebe did indeed do porn at one time.
/ Or was that Ursula?
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:32 PM
Made the mistake of backing him all last season.
That’s why it’s this year. You can then just tell everyone you were a year off.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:32 PM
The universe in which this statement could be true is so Bizarro it’s beyond Bizarro. It’s Bizarrozarrozarroandback.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:32 PM
I was suprrised at D.C. Tons of hotties there.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Tiger prob had an app for Perkins locations on his iPhone.
got it at the iHerniaStore
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Nah, I’m gonna back Dufman through his season of fail in 2013, then use that line in 2014.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:34 PM
And from every part of the country. Homegrown ain’t oo bad, either. Jeezus I wish I were back there.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:34 PM
Or was that Ursula?
Ursula. BTW, Giovanni Ribisi did some nice guest spots in Friends.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:34 PM
I was suprrised at D.C. Tons of hotties there.
I’ve thought this for a while. Go stand outside union station in the summer and watch the interns head to work on the hill 3-1 Female to male ratio.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:34 PM
Bradley will have a nice year. But he didnt handle it well when people were already on his ass for the belly putter.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:34 PM
he better keep his Moobs off camera as many find them upsetting.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:35 PM
The rich and privileged wouldn’t haven’t at any other way.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:35 PM
I was suprrised at D.C. Tons of hotties there.
not sure i’d be surprised at an abundance of hotties anywhere there’s lots of people. especially d.c…..interns and secretaries and administrative assistants and secretaries of state, oh my
/and erin burnett
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:36 PM
Especially not the waitstaff he continually stiffs.
/ “Stiffs” meaning something different when it comes to Perkins waitstaff
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:36 PM
Southern women.
/that doesnt include Texas women
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:37 PM
Tiger’s biggest shame is how wretched most of those skanks were.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:37 PM
I was going to say Jim Furyk. I had the stats and everything. But then right before I hit submit, I fucked up and deleted the whole thing
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:37 PM
Lot of people working in the nuts-and-bolts of politics are not very attractive. That’s why politics is known as “showbiz for ugly people.”
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:38 PM
That’s classic WWoS
Ok, I did a quick internet poll for the best women on FLA beaches and CAL beaches.
My guess is, we are winners.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:38 PM
Y’all’s creepy as fuck sometimes.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:39 PM
Rory wins the Masters. Mark it down
/not going out on a big limb
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:39 PM
Y’all’s creepy as fuck sometimes.
Lot of future kidnappers and rapists in our midst, Mole.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:40 PM
That’s why I loved TDYs to the Pentagon. Crystal City is overflowing with talent.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:42 PM
I’d think that a lot of the younger people are doing a lot of walking, commuting on the metro etc, and no smoking has to help the cause. Fat people aren’t up for all that walking.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:44 PM
/ Looks in mirror
// Looks at SROD
/// Nods sadly
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:47 PM
////looks back at Nada
/////hangs head in shame
//////still slaps five with Nada
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:47 PM
The decision makers are ugly and their upper staff, yes. Those they hire, smoking. Usually under 30 and always DTF. It’s seriously like every state sends 10-15 of there 8s,9s, and 10s.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:47 PM
It’s howdy duty time!
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:48 PM
California women are drastically overrated. That said the state is so big that you really have to break it into regions….
SD Girls > SF Girls > OC Girls > LA Girls
OC girls take a major hit because most are spoiled princesses and completely insufferable. LA girls get knocked because far too many are aspiring actresses or models that are 1/10 as hot or talented as they think they are.
That said I’ve never seen more 10′s then I have in South Beach. Multicultural beauties walking around topless and a big model community that spends half their time almost naked on South Beach.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:50 PM
This is amply demonstrated in the documentary In the Loop. Anyone who has not seen In the Loop should go out and watch In the Loop as soon as possible, as it’s the most accurate depiction of politics the movies have ever seen.
/ Not actually a documentary but closer to the truth than most documentaries
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:50 PM
It’s seriously like every state sends 10-15 of there 8s,9s, and 10s.
kind of a hunger games vibe
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:53 PM
/ Looks in mirror
// Looks at SROD
/// Nods sadly
////looks back at Nada
/////hangs head in shame
//////still slaps five with Nada
the kids’ morning bus driver is an older black guy. i wave to him each day as he pulls up and i never fail to think of srod
/you ask coop’d? but i say no my son, one world
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:53 PM
SF girls remind me of the sorority girls that Otter and his buddies pick up in Animal House.
College-wise, I think it’s pretty much acknowledged that SEC girls rule the roost, and nowhere more so than at Ole Miss. Perhaps the only thing of value Ole Miss has contributed to our society, along with Archie Manning.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:53 PM
That said I’ve never seen more 10′s then I have in South Beach.
Well yeah. But about 80% of women under 30 in FL are meth’d out and outta the trailer park, stealing old ladies’ purses at Wal-Mart to feed their habits.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:54 PM
That’s raycess, because SROD drives a church bus, not a school bus.
/ Church bus? OMG, SROD is T-Dawg!
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:55 PM
i’m good with chicago area women. i used to do chicago nightlife infrequently when i was single and always thought that if i actually lived in the city i’d either have been a seven-time father by five women or dead from std
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:55 PM
Maybe that’s why Tiger wants Elin back — he’s depleted his limited pool of eligibles Florida.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:56 PM
Vez Murda.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:56 PM
But those accents. Yikes
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:58 PM
But those accents. Yikes
we talking conversation here? not sex, not eye-candy. conversation?
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Northern accents abhor me. You can look at one and know without her saying a word
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:02 PM
keep fucking that chicken peerless
/not sure that applies here
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:04 PM
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:04 PM
Unless they’re Minnesota Nice. That’s sexy in a dimwitted sort of way.
“Well, the little fella was kinda funny-looking.”
“In what way?”
“I dunno … just funny-looking.”
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:05 PM
/ Blanches
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:08 PM
mmm big gulps, big bites, slurpees. 7-11 sex
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:08 PM
Chicago is underrated. Great bar scene. The rooftop at the Wit is a blast.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:11 PM
Chicago is underrated.
it is?
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:18 PM
I Closed Wolski’s!
/ Actually, I did one night
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:21 PM
Well it did take 71 comments before someone mentioned it so yeah. People always go to the warm climates first anytime a conversation like this comes up. SEC schools, Arizona State, California in general, Florida, etc. I never hear people dispute Chicago’s status as a great city but people rarely talk about all the talent at the bars. Chicago is NYC without the pretension. If I wasn’t such a pussy about cold weather I would move there in a heartbeat.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:39 PM
Nada, Vez – all we need is one more person, and we could be the Four Horsemen of TBL.
January 23rd, 2013 at 4:02 PM
I nominate Meth.
January 23rd, 2013 at 4:15 PM
How bout Four Whoresmen?
Might be easier to get a fourth
/scripty…golfercraig…squawk seem older
//pours one out for jpq and cabbage
January 23rd, 2013 at 6:42 PM
Lots of trash talking in the comments, but I did not see anyone with some facts as in how much would Phil save by moving to Florida? 63% of gross taxed in California, how much would it be in Florida? Anyone know?