More Daschle Tax Issues

“during the vetting process, President Obama’s Transition Team…”
Seems to me the IRS should hire the Obama vetting team. They seem to be more thorough at looking at these things.

Why should it matter this is just HHS….same thing in Treasury.
Sounds to me like Obama has the “Tax Cheats Club” vs the “Gentleman’s Club”

dude needs to go.

Jake~
You are the only reporter for ABC I have consider relevant. Thank you for doing your job.

How many tax cheats are we going to have in this cabinet. This year I am going to say I made a mistake and when they take me to court I will ahve an appeal

Jack if you keep repoting these thing you will be labeled a racist and unfair to the new new deal.

“The Finance Committee staff still is reviewing whether … should be reported as income. ”
Awesome. Even the government can’t quite figure out the tax code.

Many people like to attack “liberals” and the supposed liberal media.
During the election I found out that many people would consider me to be a liberal.
Being a liberal does not mean someone does not believe in honesty.
Obama should withdrawal Daschle nomination. There is no excuse for him not paying the taxes. Every federal employee receives annual training on ethics. Paying income taxes is an ethics requirement.
I propose a vetting process for every member of Congress.
Obama should also not have a waiver for the latest lobbyist. His stance on lobbyist was one of the major reasons I backed him rather than Hillary.

Sandy :”Oh well, just tell Obama to pen another waiver for his corrupt nominee just like he did for the others who failed his no lobbyist in his administration rule. After all, Obama tells us this is change we can believe, but we aren’t as stupid as he thinks we are.”
That’s Right – You are smart enough to realize having 50% of the appointees be lobbiests is exactly as bad having 5% of them being lobbyists! In the same way that speeding should be treated just like murder: They’re both crimes and I’m not stupid enough to believe a crime’s not a crime!

Let’s look at this not as a criticism of President Obama. That will take the party out of the issue, but what kind of example does it set to appoint people who don’t pay their taxes? I’m sure the transition team didn’t think (when they considered Daschle) that he violated tax laws, but now they know, so do the right thing, withdraw his nomination.

Why do we never hear of penaltys as well as interest being paid?
Is the calculation on interest correct? In total it is about 8.5% but some of the income tax that the interest applies to goes back 3 years.
If this keeps up we will be able to afford condoms and bee insurance with all the extra revenue garnered from the executive appointments. Now if only Charlie would pay up…..

smith: “Why do we never hear of penaltys as well as interest being paid? ”
Oh, the penalty is being paid. If you really care, the calculations are publicly available from irs.gov for how penalties and interest are calculated in amended returns. If I recall correctly, they are lumped together so you don’t actually calculate a separate penalty it’s just a multiplier on the interest.

We should not punish Senator Daschle for his refusal to pay taxes. Why would he want to give a single dollar to Bush & Cheney? I admire his courage to stand up and deprive a government that opposed his views.
Indeed, the greatest thing about President Obama is that his appointments have legally validated the refusal to pay income taxes for any persons who find any governmental action offensive. The single greatest IRS man in the nation decided to pocket over five years of income taxes simply out of disinterest. This sets an important precedent as any cause, should it be disinterest, political objection, etc. is a valid foundation for nonpayment of taxes.
This year, make up whatever deductions you want. If Iraq is an unjust war, deduct the appropriate percentage to take out the military expenditures. If you find it unacceptable that Congress has stolen your social security money, deduct your entire social security withholdings (since you will be required to pay the “loan” they took out back). If you’re disgusted that Congress has voted themselves payraises and bonuses while bitching about Wall Street bonuses, then simply reduce that IRS payment even further.

“Dump Daschle” popular bumper sticker in South Dakota.

Wow, when can we wake up from the politico nightmare, although I get xtra sleep time with my fellow bluest state (ma) sleeping beauties. Where is the real leaders that can be real ,the few the proud .May God raise up a new generation with true morals

I am mortified at the audacity of all these certifiably corrupt politicians. Repulican or Democrat they all have their hands in the coffers. Every single one of them is out to ride a golden parachute out of office. Now with the bailout/massive spending plan. What a joke $800+ billion to create 4million jobs. This rehtoric is making me ill. In God We Trust more like Greed is Good.

I find it amazing that Obama knows about these issues with his staff and still appoints them! Hey if he can get a tax cheat nominated to head the IRS he probably isn’t too worried about this latest “distraction”

The moral standards of my once beloved country are gone. I am loath to call myself an American. I despise the country my beloved USA has become. At age 40, I am deeply saddened by all this. Very very sad for my children. Wish I hadn’t bothered raising a family some times, considering the world they will grow up in. Nearly every politician of the past 10 years belongs in prison. This is so incredibly depressing (this, all the corruption and the bail outs, etc).

This is just the beginning, folks.
Enjoy the fruits of one-party rule in DC. Alexander Hamilton’s vision of America is finally coming to life: rule by corrupt, unaccountable elites. The Chicago machine gone national.
Do Americans have it in them for another Boston Tea Party, another revolution? I’m highly skeptical. They’ve been sheepified pretty well. A generation of young morons thinks government is cool, now that the Messiah is in the WH.

So much for the Obama vetting process. So much for change.
He has nominated one person that had to withdraw (Richardson), two people who are tax cheats (Geithner & Daschle), one person who is a self identified socialist (Browner), one person who was involved in the pay for play scandal in Chicago (Emanuel), one person that was heavily involved in the corruption at Fannie and Freddie (holder), one person tightly tied to the sub-prime mortgage fiasco (Summers),and a vice president that is incapable of sanity for more than a few minutes at a time.
The audacity of hope has instead become the audacity of arrogance. There is no hope to be found.
This is what all the hype was about? Sad day for America…

Hmmmm! More tax cheaters and corrupts. It look like the ‘Obamagate’. The Bush Admin. was better for the last 8 years. Now, we got to go all through this. He hired his best friends and Chicago friends come to Washington to work for him. It is going to be a problem. The new Secretary Treasury, Attorney General, Tom Daschle, Hillary, for example doesn’t deserve to have this job. They can’t be trust. I am glad that I didn’t vote for Obama.

Don’t you all recall what Pelosi said about an ethical Congress?
This is one of the example.
Obama promised to be Transparency and no lobbyists will be working for him.
Apparently, those rules only apply to Democrats in high office.
What a bunch of hypocrypts!

annoy,
the last eight years of bush was not good for anyone except bush and his close friends.
it did not even help you annoy.

These people claim to care about the middle class. What bull!

Ted Stevens gets $250,000 worth of favors in Alaska, and is convicted of 7 felonies.
Tom Daschle gets appointed Secretary of HHS and Healthcare Czar.
What’s wrong with this picture?

How about vetting Obama himself? He’s got more skeletons in his closet than all his nominees combined!

“the last eight years of bush was not good for anyone except bush and his close friends.”
And what does this have to do with Obama trying to put a Cheat in his Cabinet? Obama get a free ride to Lie and GET over?

riley said: “”Lobbyist will not have a job in my administration”
But tax cheats are welcome…”
———————-
This is NOT TRUE! You need to quit spreading lies!
Lobbyists WILL have a job in his administration. The Deputy Secretary of Defense was a lobbyist for Raytheon just last summer, and the Chief of Staff for the Secretary of Treasury was a lobbyis for Goldman Sachs last week. Apparently, there are over a dozen former lobbyists slated to be part of this administration (don’t know the details, but this was mentioned on the Brian Ross Investigates part of this site).
Please quit spreading mistruths. The public needs to know the REAL story.
“Change we can believe in”

Chicago corruption has found a new home in the White House.
I wonder how these politicians look at themselves in the mirror everyday.
It’s all about power and greed.

Most of us struggle to make a living and pay our taxes on time.
Many of these greedy politicians are millionaires and they don’t bother to pay their taxes.
Obama is outraged at Wallstreet bonuses.
Where is the outrage over the greedy crooks in his own cabinet?
Americans are getting screwed.

The Democrats very own “Cuture of Corruption” redux.
The Chief of Staff heavily involved with an impeached governor. The Treasury Secretary with tax “problems”. The Secretary of State married to an former president who has accepted millions in foreign “donations” and “fees”. Daschle, who apparently was raking in money so quickly he overlooked $83,000 in fees, a gift driver and car and made up charitable donations. Who’s next?

If Obama would create a few hundred more cabinet positions…..the treasury would be flush with back taxes and penalties…this is a very clever plan.
What is up with these people?…every current or former Sen. or Congressman should be audited every year….this is certainly a high risk fraud group.

“The Opacity of Hope”

I’m going to hold you responsible Mr. President, starting now.
I only wish Mr.Tapper had been named the White House correspondent sooner. A 10pm posting about the Bush White House would have been nice.
Back in September during the first bailout, there is not a single entry critical of the Bush administration and its role (non-role). “Our First President with an MBA” did appear.
Any investigative reporting on Paulson and Berneke? A newsclip–no text.
Yesterdays WH question: what are YOU doing now, to fix the former administration’s FDA failure?

he must take himself out ..
this is not acceptable
it makes me very sad .. is everybody
in the loop walking on the edge ?
It certainly looks bad …
seemed like an honest man
he’s either greedy or a moron
..or both

The “Culture of Greed, Un-paid Taxes and Public Seduction”…
Oh-Bah-Mah! Oh-Bah-Mah! Oh-Bah-Mah!
Time to take the goggles off.

Buy, Daschel sure has a bad case of the hiccups…. Must be an epidemic of them in the Obama White House.

they mention that daschle made $5.3m over the past 2 yrs as a lobbyist for healthcare firms. what a disgrace the obama administration is already.

Not to shade the senator from the aura of guilt and deceipt he finds himself under, but isn’t it quite obvious our tax code is TOO complicated and TOO hard to understand. A Federal sales tax or even a flat tax would limit some of the ambiguity.

More greed and corruption in our government! They ALL need to be audited for tax evasion!

Let the mantra from the Lefties begin …
“This was an honest mistake …”
“The problems facing Americans regarding health care are too serious to quibble over petty issues such as these …”
“Tom Daschle is too important, his expertise too vast, we must confirm him and do so quickly or else children in America will face dire consequences …”
SPARE ME. RUN THIS CHUMP OUT OF TOWN.

If all of these Govt. cheaters would pay their taxes as required, we wold probably not be in the financial situation we are now in.

Why is this adminstration having so much trouble finding people who are without tax problems? Is the appointment pay off for getting Obama elected? A person cannot be hired at an entry level position at the IRS if they have had a small hiccup at anytime. This is not Daschel’s first rodeo, so has this been ignored in the past or covered up?

seem like taxevasion is epedemic not only for the democrats but the republicans. Makes one wonder when Obama will draw the line or for that matter congress will draw the line against corruption. This is not just a democratic thing! It’s the right thing to do. We all fall short.

I just sent my 2 senators a message asking for their position on Daschle.
I suggest everyone do the same. Let’s see what happens. Go for it.

Ok people. Take a deep breath. Chill out.
Obama has just nominated him; NOT approved him—yet.
If he does, I will be the first in line to lead a protest.
Until then, wait and see what he does…let your blood pressure go back down (for now).

Can’t you naysayers see the method in THE ONE’S madness? He’s financing the stimulus package by finding tax cheats to nominate to cabinet positions and getting them to first fork over loads of money. It’s brilliant. Charlie Rangle for Health and Human Services!

Chicago thug in WH let’s crooks be in his cabinet. See what you in the media selected.

Why does it surprise that a Chicago politician would hire tax cheats and other sorts of corrupt Democrats to run his administration ?

Julie…where were you the last eight years? yes Obama won, McCain was No conservitive, he lost. most people do not know the whole package when they go to the voting polls. Ask around, 80% Obama suppoters don’t know who Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Franks and Chuck Schumer is,(None of My Liberals friends do) and now we are in trouble, that includes liberals too. Read this “SPENDING” BILL!!!!!!!

Don’t blame me I voted for……………
I have never like Daschle and now I know why. Whats up with this crowd and the Prez said he would be the most open and ethical……not so much?! Doesn’t look like change to me but who am I just one vote – and glad it wasn’t wasted on this kind of change.

Obama wants to take your tax money but it seems that his cabinet doesn’t want to give there fair share. Get them out!!! This is crazy, if these cheats were republicans they would not even have been considered or they would have resigned.

I think its a great way to clear the decks of all the money grubbing politicians who got us into this mess. What I can’t understand is how Daschle would think he could accept such a high profile nomination and NOT have this come out. What I also don’t understand is why this is just surfacing now — if Daschle had been an average business person he would have been audited out the wazoo and been in jail by now for tax evasion. Oh well, never too late . . . Wonder who President Obama has in the wings as Plan B?

Change = I long as I TOLD you I’m a crook, it’s ok with BO… hahahahahaha

Wesley Snipes is sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion, and politicians get four years of perks (hopefully not eight) and a government salary that allows them to take money from the rest of us. Seems fair to me…

Rangel, Thune, Daschle, Kennedy, Richardson. Who’s left?

Why the heck should tax problems ever be an issue in a Cabinet confirmation again. What is good for Treasury Secretary Geithner ought to be fine as well for Daschle.
We so appreciate the Democrats continuously lowering the bar for ethics and integrity. Makes it so much simpler to fill important and powerful Government postions for both parties.

Geitner, Franken, Dashcle, Rangel, Richardson and Kennedy, Have I forgotten anyone?

Geithner and Daschle can write a book together …. “How To Cheat On Your Taxes & Still Get A Cabinet Level Job”.

I am a Democrat thru and thru, and I am getting fed up with scumbags like Daschle and all politicians. What the H-ll is wrong with these Morons? Daschle should have been vetted before he was asked to do this job, same as Richardson. I say , Daschle , just drop out you are a crook no doubt.

….didn’t you know? It’s in the fine print of the Constitution. If nominated to a cabinet position you’re admitted to the “above the law” program. Only other requirement is to disclose the crime to the public before you get caught and it will not count. Sorry, this club is exclusive. Invitation only.

Democracy Corps has released a poll that shows Obama’s approval rating is down to 55%. This is a huge drop in a very short time – I belive incidents like this and with Geithner have seriously harmed obama. Obama is not through the first month of his administration and the wheels are already coming off the messiah wagon.

@smearjay “What Deficit, as long as Obama keeps nominating folks that Owe $30,000 to $100,000 in back taxes and they end up paying eventually, we are going to get caught up real quick.”
I must say, that is a brilliant take. If we could get Obama to cycle through a thousand liberal cabinet members who each owe $140,000 in back taxes, we could raise $140 Million dollars (almost enough to pay for the Obama inauguration bill). If we cylced through 10 million liberal cheats we would have more than enough money to pay for the whole stimulus plan without burdening the American people who are actually paying their taxes.

Posted by: jhw539 | Jan 31, 2009 12:16:50 AM – said “Has any administration, ever, managed to fill all the dozens of appointments without at least one or two skeletons coming out of the closets? I can’t remember one.”
In other administrations, those appointments don’t go through after the skeletons come out. In Obama’s, the tax cheats still get to keep their cabinet post.

A new Era of responsiblity. Obama is rounding up all the tax cheaters so he can keep his eye on them.

At this rate, we’ll be able to collect enough back taxes from Obama’s nominees to pay for the stimulus package.

We got change all right. From people who pay taxes to those who don’t.
Oh well the Dems will bless them and BHO, the messiah will go on with his mission to make the USA, the United Socialist States of America, so that all the entitlement programs go on and on and be like the Great Scoiety of LBJ. Decades of people who don’t work, won’t work and the govt will continue to dole out money and benfits to all.

First Richardson, then Geithner, now Daschle? These people love imposing taxes on others, they just don’t like paying themselves. So much for competence in the vetting process btw.

Official motto of the loony-left liberal d-crat TAX CHEATS: “You Pay Taxes So We Don’t Have To”.
It’s bad enough that the d-crats waste trillions of taxpayer money on useless pork-filled bailouts and other garbage. It adds insult to injury to have them hand over responsible government positions to such tax criminals.

It is heartening to see the outrage that American tax payers are beggining to show over incidents like this and with Geithner and Rangel. We are struggling to get by and cutting back to make ends meet while these rich liberals thumb their noses at us by not paying their own taxes.
It is really galling that these same people then push for higher taxes at every opportunity.

What’s a Democrat’s favorite car model? Why, the Dodge Taxes, of course! (Ha ha ha – I crack me up.)

Dodge Taxes, a new and very exclusive model made by Chrysler for everyone who voted for the bailout… hahahahhahaha

The parables of “Animal Farm” come to mind when watching the sinces of the Democrats. Daschelle (Lucifer), will of course, beat the rap and be confirmed and congratulated for his crimes by an adoring Obama.

westcoastmessenger…..You bring up a good point. I think I will pay NO taxes for the next 4 years. I do not support socialism,, so I am justified in my non-payment.

Hey Henry,
The one Chrysler made for Daschle has the turbo on the 1040 cubic in motor.
I think it’s called the Dodge turbo tax.

So what does this say about members of Congress that affirm a Treasury Sec’y into office and than another joker (Daschle) into DHH knowing that they have not upheld the standards that honest American citizens conform to when paying their taxes. This is one of the methods in how the American Govmt. operates by persons paying taxes. There should NOT BE DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR THE ELITE against the average citizen. Those that voted for these (and others of immoral character) need to step down out of your position because of your lack of GOOD JUDGEMENT. You can not set back and ridicule the Wall St. CEO CROOKS who took big bonuses and cared nothing about their employees and than sanction the above persons to HIGH OFFICE. SHAME ON ALL WHO PARTICIPATED. Sooner (rather than later) the American people will bring you to task. I would like to take a dust pan and clean the houses of this type of dirt.

Do you really think “o” would be comfortable with honest people around him all day?

Of the eight Dems candidates wanting to be president in the first tv-debate, only one of them did not have a plan for universal health care. Who do you think the Dems ended up nominating?
With Daschle-staff, filled coffins and endorsements from the insurance industry lobbyists and do-nothing-health care advocates like Ted Kennedy. Barack Obama won the day. He got there by trashing Hillary Clinton and screwing the left.
Don’t expect Obama to give USA better health any time soon. He is the best example I’ve seen of what is wrong with US politics. I thought John Kerry over Howard Dean was the lowest. And Bush junior. Boy, was I wrong. As a socialist from the socialist country Norway, which have universal health care and our first female prime minister 29 years ago: I cry for you USA. I am so sorry.

Rex your right in your assertion he’s more comfortable playing patty cake with the Devil.

Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers, Rod Blago… Obama only knows corrupt people. Now that’s President, did people expect him to become someone else? If people had spent 5 minutes investigating this guy, then you wouldn’t be surprised in the least.

No wonder Democrat’s want us to pay pay more intaxes, They don’t and someone has to.

why do Libs keep mentioning Bush? Bush is gone. so is Clinton, Bush 41, Carter, etc.. It’s Obama for now on Baby.

Right wing conspiracy kicking in again

This really is “The Big Show”. We’ve got spend-orama-Obama as the ring master, turbo-tax Tim as treasurer, Hillary-no conflicts-Clinton as secretary, Eric-hold on to your civil rights-Holder for attorney, and Tom-puff up the deductions-Daschel as housekeeper. How can the markets possibly be falling for lack of CONfidence?

jesus, is that the best you can come up with. I’m not a right winger nor a liberal. But I have paid my taxes every year and have the right to question this nominee’s blatent disregard of the law.

Take Tom Daschle and put him in jail along with Wesley Snipes. Funny he must have made an honest mistake also. It didnot help him at all. Tom D is vying for another job such as a cabinet post. The only post he should see is one that he is tied to and flogged. Is it not strange that a man & his wife who bring in over 1 million a year along with free EduCap plane for personal use along with cadilacs for their own personal use cant remember what they owe in icome at tax time. Do you want someone this stupid and I do mean stuped running our health and other Government agencies. Please get him into prison. If I did what he did I would be tried, crucified and buried in prison. You people who voted this new team into office deserve what you get.

I can do Turbo-Tax and follow all of the prompts so I don’t “accidently” cheat on paying my taxes…therefore I am infinately more gualified than Obama’s crooks, so why wasn’t I offered the job as Trasury Secretary?

The “era of responsibility” doesn’t apply to left wing loons. The law only applies to republicans.

What is sad is this.
The uneducated throngs of Obama supporters who put him in office won’t know about any of this nonsense.
The only time their ears open is when they hear the words “handout” or “entitlement”
Our country is truly being run from the bottom up, just like Obama promised.
And for you liberal goons who keep insulting Bush… realize this….
Bush was no conservative.
He kept us safe for 8 years, but his government spent money like a drunken liberal – and he spend the last for years kissing liberal hind ends…
Plus congress has ruled for four years.

Does this surprise anyone? Yawn. Seems Obama can’t come up with anyone but the same old, tired crooks. More of the same. So much for change. So much for ethics. So much for transparency.

Obama! Corruption you can believe in!

Well, too bad for him that he wasn’t up for Treasury Secretary.

lol Felix.

Sadly, yes Obama can and will be getting much much worse.

Obama IS real change. When he lifts his hand, a rainbow of hope follows.
When he sweats…. golden drops of hope sprinkles down to the desperate widows below.
When he uses the restroom…..hope fills our souls.
Obama is called the messiah because he is the messiah.
And it’s time for you to bow low before the mighty Obama.
When Obama travels to your town… you should throw your coats down in front of his path, so his feet knoweth not a puddle of dispair.
If Obama gazes upon you, and you manage to survive it… You must go to a church and confess your sins.
If Obama passes gas in your general direction… you are blessed with the sweet smell of hope and change you can believe in

I am glad I voted for Nader.

Zeke, I understand your frustration. but I operate a fairly popular blog know why the names were removed.
The terms of service restrict harassing someone….specifically…
Just repost your comment as a general statement, not naming someone specifically and it would probably be fine.

Can we Impeach Obama yet, he lied to us. He is a giant fraud. It should be illegal.

Tsk tsk tsk. POOR Republicans. So many cases of ‘sourgrape-itis’. Yep. One bad apple, Daschle… I’ll give you that one. But in this case, one bad apple don’t spoil the whole barrel. I expect that once properly convicted, Daschle will turn into a Republican where he’ll be welcomed with open arms! (grin!!!) Obama won… HA HA HA HA! :-b

IT IS NOT TAX EVASION when the tax error is presented by the taxpayer (and/or their tax preparer) TO the IRS.
The matter is satisfied when the tax is paid with penalties and interest
Take a few minutes to become informed before you rant on and on… you are on the internet, this isn’t difficult to research.
PS — The IRS wants MONEY, they don’t want people in jail… they DO NOT as a rule, criminalize tax errors without serious consideration and proof of intent to defraud them.

Those of you posting “impeach Obama”….
You lost the election, get on with your life… run for office if you think you can do better.
As far as impeachment — it is a LEGISLATIVE action and …. uh, in case you haven’t noticed, the US Legislature is controlled by the President’s own party. Not to mention — he hasn’t done anything that has a hint of cause for impeachment.
Some of you should take a few minutes to learn something. It couldn’t hurt!

This is a minor speedbump. Trivial, at best. Nothing to make a big deal out of. This is a right-wing conspiracy. He’s not just the best man for the job; he’s the only man. Full disclosure and transparency.
Did I miss any?
Oh, that’s right….
“Change you can believe in”

Typical fare of the the ones who will help the “little guys”. Give government money[my and others who pay taxes] and then don’t pay taxes because you made a “mistake” while you are actually part of the government who ordains the tax. This would be ludicris if it weren’t so sad. But we can all have “hope” in these who are so supreme to those they will rule.

serena…are you actually comparing Daschle’s situation to a waitress allegedly not reporting all tips? WOW. I still can’t believe you are trying to justify this guy’s actions. He’s responsible for telling his accountant of ALL income and ALL charitable contributions. Even if he supposedly didn’t know that the free chauffer service should have been reported (which I’m not buying), he DEFINITELY should have reported the consulting income. What, you think the accountant is going to say, “Hey, what about that consulting work you did?” or “Hey, are you sure that those donations were actually to charitable organizations?” GIVE ME A BREAK!

Serena…..Our byzantine tax system is a major problem; agreed. But to allow a person being considered for high public office to blame his tax preparer for errors; just doesn’t make common sense. This amount of money doesn’t compare to small tips a waiter may make.

MikeO,
I’m not covering for anyone.
Look up tax evasion (also: tax avoidance) for yourself or call a tax accountant, you will learn that I am simply stating a fact.
And yes, I am comparing this to a waitress not reporting all her tips… she has the money in her pocket… she certainly KNOWS without a doubt or any kind of question.. it is income.
I am making a point on the principle of the thing, that’s all.
Gotta go,
I’m going out to dinner — I’ll be paying with a credit card :-)
peace out
pe

Serena must be Daschles tax preparer.

Is this the best President Obama
can do?
Are tax cheats the and lobbyists the
only people the president considers
capable of serving our country?
Are Blago, Ayers, and Reszko about to
be appointed to the cabinet?

This situation w/Daschle is totally explainable…
Timothy Geithner prepares Daschles taxes… end of story. Case closed.

Is there anybody clean up there. Do they all get so arrogant that they break a few laws here and there when ever it suits them? This is like these CEO bonuses. they are such asses that they think they are entitled to break the law or operate on the greed principle. They are so far out of it they don’t even see anything wrong. all these geniuses need severe oversight and verification about what they are doing.

God, you people trying to “explain” how easy it is to make tax mistakes and answer the neo-cons amuse me. Don’t you know that if it was reported that one of the Obama girls had a pimple, the neo-cons would be screaming about a “plague” cover up?

HA HA HA HA…..
Change you can count on.
Crook. I hope his fines are 6 figures.

Serena,
I hate to upset your apple cart, but we aren’t referring to just one little tiny error. We’re talking about half his cabinet…. It’s not just one person who didn’t pay taxes. And it doesn’t stop there… it extends to charlie wrangel – who is still chairs the ethics committee.
Serena, can you explain how a tax cheat continues to chair an ETHICS committee?
It’s a culture of corruption that permiates the whole bunch of them….
It’s the fact that dems are now spending billions of dollars of our money, while appearing to not pay their fair share…
It’s not just one tiny little issue…. it’s the whole lot of them.
Corrupt…. throwing our country into trillions of dollars in debt for bike trails and global warming research…
Serena, when was the last time a dem talked about cleaning lakes or streams?
It’s all a sham

Democrats love to raise taxes,
but they sure hate to pay them.

Never seen the press duck so much responsibility. The Attorney General was allowed to clean up at least 16 Felony counts (a felony for each quarter he did not pay) and now Dashle gets off on 3 felony counts. It is destroying the rule of Law and shows if your an Obama supporter your above the law.

Here is the good news: when the Obama adminstration melts down with corruption in the next couple of years there won’t be a lot of questions on how this ever could have happened – these guys were apponted in spite of behaviors that would have had anyone else fired.

Daschle doesn’t pay his taxes??? It’s Bush’s fault.

Taxes, penalties and interest should be paid and that is non-partisan. The bigger issue is that the tax system is too complicated for anyone to correctly complete the form and allows obfiscation by dishonest people or honest mistakes.
I worry about people that govern when they can’t perform life’s simple tasks like driving themselves, managing their real estate or caring for their children, shopping and preparing meals….

He does not qualify to lead the administration’s team to fight the insurance companies. He has worked for insurance companies and he does not pay his taxes. Barack Obama must find another person, period.

Danny wrote yesterday
“I hate to upset your apple cart, but we aren’t referring to just one little tiny error. We’re talking about half his cabinet…. It’s not just one person who didn’t pay taxes. And it doesn’t stop there… it extends to charlie wrangel – who is still chairs the ethics committee.”
Danny, the cabinet consists of more than four people. Two of those who have been nominated have been found to have issues regarding paying income tax. One of these has already been confirmed — that, by both Dems and Repubs.
The other man you mention is not a cabinet member, he is US Representative from NY 15th District – Charles Rangel and he is not the chairman of the ethics committee — he chairs the “House Committe on Ways and Means”. He is, indeed being investigated by the House Ethics Committee (as well he and ANY other member of Congress regardless of their political affiliation should be).
When you try to make a point using false, overstated or distorted information — your position is severly weakened and your voice is muted.
Get the facts folks. We can surely debate the things we disagree about, but not without honesty and a lot more reality than one reads on these boards regularly.

“When you try to make a point using false, overstated or distorted information — your position is severly weakened and your voice is muted.”
The nice thing about Rangel is that — unlike, say, Geithner and Daschle — he’s more Obama-like: “popular” and “black”.
Any poster who isn’t either in the government or a dedicated observer thereof might be mistaken as to which tier of on-the-take — state or federal, House or Senate, Democrat or Republican — any particular politician (other than the supposedly post-partisan Puppet, who indeed has coverted the formerly-”Democratic” Party to the ends of the “Obama” organization) occupies.
It’s GOOD that people comment. Otherwise, they might be out parking cars in the freeway interchanges, or however OUR General Strike is going to start …

Dopey Joe Biden said during the campaign
that it is “our patriotic duty to
pay more taxes”!
Does that make Geithner and Daschle
Traitors? Hypocrite Thy Name Is
Democrat!

I believe I have heard say that politics are sort of corrupt in Chicago… Obama and how many more in his administration are from there. Makes me wonder what are we in for when we thought we were in for a change we could believe in…huh.

I’m totally dismayed at the antics wealthy politicians are pulling over on the “real” workers. No one should be confirmed if they are not totally 100% above board, and paid up on ALL taxes, PERIOD. No free rides.

“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”. Change we CAN’T believe in.

Why aren’t they people outraged at what
Nancy and company tried to push off on the tax payers at a time when they tell us we need all the goverment help they can give us.And then load up a bill with more pork than any thing we have ever seen. They lie,cheat and steal from the American people behind the mask of helping us.I guess Obama is looking for a place in his cabnet for Blogo and Madoff they should fit right in with the rest of his honest group.

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Daschle no good. Obama is good. Why? The first is white, the latter – black. Why not say that both are liars, dishonest and unethical? Oh, Rangel is also good. You should all know why. He is not white.