Article about Harold Moore, the Spare Change Guy!

[lizzielizzie.livejournal.com]

Few city-dwellers give much thought to the people that they meet each day. Take Harold Moore. The newspaper vendor, 48, held a cane in his left hand and the Dec. 17 issue of "Spare Change News" in his right at the Davis Square T stop in Somerville. "Season of Giving," the headline read. Little did Moore know that the very next morning, a gift would come to him - and not just a Dunkin' Donuts gift card, either.

This season, patron Tom Chevalier organized about 20 people to raise $275 for the hard-working newspaper man. Moore doesn't earn that much in a week.

Comments

[sparkgrrl658.livejournal.com]

ha!

i don't earn that much in a week either.

/totallynotbitter

OKAY, new drive for sparkgrrl658!

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Who's in?

Re: OKAY, new drive for sparkgrrl658!

[sparkgrrl658.livejournal.com]

*pumps fists*

yes, score!

:p

Seriously guys...

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Now that this is all over the place, the poor guy may have to pay taxes on it, no? Why couldn't you do it anonymously and jut enjoy the result of your generous act in your heart only. Instead, no, someone HAD to send it to the Boston Globe. I swear, if this had been done by the "Wheel" guy I'd suspect it was merely a publicity stunt.

Re: Seriously guys...

[ron_newman]

You don't pay taxes on gifts.

Re: Seriously guys...

[djdreilinger.livejournal.com]

No one sent this to me--I read it here.

Re: Seriously guys...

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

OKAY, next time the plumber comes to my house to fix something and charges me $600, I'll tell him: this is a $450 gift and everybody should be happy. Right?

Re: Seriously guys...

[gruene.livejournal.com]

Unless they're over $10,000

Even if the income was taxable, he would presumably still be well below the standard deduction.