Should Democrats Hire H & R Block?
First, Tim Geithner either was too lazy, too incompetent or too crooked to pay his taxes. (Personally, I’m going with the too crooked option.) Now it’s being learned that Tom Daschle didn’t pay his taxes either:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Sen. Tom Daschle, picked by President Barack Obama to lead the administration’s health reform efforts, recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in unpaid taxes and $11,964 in interest, according to a Senate document obtained by The Associated Press.
The White House acknowledged Friday that “some tax issues” had emerged in connection with the nomination, but a spokesman said the president is confident the former Senate Democratic leader will be confirmed as the new health secretary.
Daschle filed amended tax returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007 to reflect additional income for consulting work, the use of a car service and reductions in charitable contribution deductions. He filed the returns after the announcement that Obama intended to nominate him to head the Health and Human Services Department.
Most of the additional taxes resulted from unreported income from the use of a car service provided him by a close friend and business associate. The unreported income for that service totaled about $250,000 over the three years.
Daschle had unreported consulting income of $88,333, in 2007. He also had reductions to charitable contributions totaling about $15,000 over the three years covered, according to the Senate Finance Committee document. The document, marked “Confidential Draft,” is a committee statement concerning Daschle’s nomination.
President Obama said that there wouldn’t be lobbyists in his administration. I wish he would’ve told us that he’d fill his cabinet with tax cheats instead. How does a person forget $88,333 in consulting income? Did the company that hired him forget to send out a 1099 that year? Even if they did, why didn’t Sen. Daschle follow up with that organization to correct things?
Technorati Tags: Taxes, IRS, Tom Daschle, Tim Geithner, President Obama, Corruption
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
January 31st, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Thats rich, the same Tom Daschle that wanted to make sure the wealthy paid their fair share with the Clinton tax increases, “forgot $88,000″, just somehow didnt think about it!
OMG! I forgot allll about this $88,000. Hey, thats OK Tommy, happens all the time!
We all forget $88,000 once in a while. All the guys down at the union hall know exactly how your feel.
Course if any of us California peons forget 88 bucks on our 540, we here about it, plus interest! But thats OK for Tom Daschle, he’s somebody important!!
February 1st, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Yeah, and I’m about to finish paying my 2000- 2003 taxes, tomorrow. Differences are, I didn’t “forget” to pay, I just couldn’t; I have had to pay principal, interest AND penalties; and I haven’t been contacted by the new administration about heading up some cabinet post and don’t head some House committee like a Michigan donk.
With the donks in control of the government, it truly is an oligarchy now, about as far from a government of the people, by the people and for the people as you can get.
Stupid, lying liberals. Anything to crush individual freedom and thought.
February 1st, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Hey buddy! Just shut up and pay your taxes!
and forget about all that government works for us crapola. That went down the toilet 11 days ago.