fearlesshistory

I am alarmed at the number of Democrats who - for one reason or another - fail to pay their taxes. But then again, perhaps I should not be.

First, we have Timothy Geitner, the no-head of the Treasury. He failed to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of $38,000 in taxes but submitted an apology and was given a pass, more or less. Then we had Nancy Killefer who, we were assured, would bring her  smart business accumen to the post fo Chief Performance Officer but who failed to pay taxes on the help she hired for her household. Finally, and perhaps most aggregiously, Tom Daschle and his more-than $100,000 in unpaid taxes.

What the hell is wrong with these people? I, as a self-employed blogger, writer, and adjunct faculty know that I have to pay taxes on pretty much everything I earn. Why are these so-called leaders so ignorant of tax law? To top it all off, my Wife works for the Treasury department and a colleague of hers was fired for doing exactly what Tim Geitner did - except the colleague only owed a few thousand, not $38,000! I am glad that both Killefer and Daschle have “withdrawn their names” from nomination, but seriously, the Obama administration needs to vet these people much, much more thoroughly especially if it is going to raise taxes and talk about sharing the burden.

QED

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