John Kerry yacht

John Kerry yacht

John Kerry - from the 1985 junior senator, since the 2009 senior senator from the sovereign state of Massachusetts, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign policy. A member of the Democratic Party. John Kerry is from a prominent American family Forbes, he received a privileged education. At Yale University began to show interest in politics and pronunciation public speeches, took part in the election campaign of President Kennedy, was awarded a personal meeting with the president and his family. After finishing university, attended in the Vietnam War (1966-1970), commanded a river boat. After the third injury was demobilized, and participated in the antiwar movement. In 1972 he ran for senator, but failed due to the sneer in the press. He graduated from law school, worked in the office of District Attorney, worked in a private law firm. In 1982 he was elected Michael Dukakis Vice-Governor of Massachusetts. In 1985 he was elected to the Senate where he resides till today. He was a candidate for President of the United States from the Democratic Party in the 2004 elections, but lost the presidency to George W. Bush (35 electoral votes). After the death of Senator Edward Kennedy in August 2009, Kerry became the senior senator from Massachusetts (post of junior senator from September 25, 2009 temporarily occupied Paul G. Kirk Jr., and from January 19, 2010 post occupied Republican politics - Scott Brown).

John Kerry

John Kerry yacht


John Kerry built a $7 million dollar yacht. It is moored in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The name of this yacht is Friendship 75. The article in Boston Herald claimed, that building this yacht in New Zealand allowed him to avoid paying Massachusetts taxes on the property. If he didn't do this, he should have paid approximately $437,500 in sales tax and an annual excise tax of about $70,000.

However, on July 27, 2010, Kerry stated he had yet to take legal possession of the boat, had not intended to avoid the taxes, and that when he took possession, he would pay the taxes whether he owed them or not.