the way you phrase it, absolutely not. i am trying to be fiscally responsible for my family. i live in alpine, utah. have you sought advisory opinion from the irs that it is a legal tax behavior of yours. no, no. to not declare that as income? i have not sought a tax opinion from the irs, no. would you seek advisory letter from the irs as to whether or not you can derive that additional in kind income from the house of representatives without declaring it on your tax return? i have not sought to do that. will you seek to do it tomorrow, write a letter to the irs director? i don t think so. we will ask for that advisory opinion for you, congressman. by the way, $174,000. does your wife have any income or is that your total family income? total family income. and you cannot afford on $174,000 a way to live in washington legally without