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calendar   Tuesday - February 03, 2009

It’s a Balance Thing

What Is The Right Number For Obama?




Tom Daschle bows out of nomination process, is behind $136,000 in taxes



Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination for health and human services secretary Tuesday, after fielding mounting criticism over his failure to pay more than $130,000 in taxes.

The move marked a stunning turnaround from the day before, when Daschle mounted a campaign to retain allies on Capitol Hill and President Obama told reporters he “absolutely” stands by the former South Dakota senator.

But the president accepted Daschle’s withdrawal with “sadness and regret” Tuesday morning, according to a White House statement.



Yadda yadda, support the president, yadda yadda, don’t want to be a distraction. In other words, he is too big a crook. Too much of a tax cheat. Ok, I can accept that.

But Geithner, who owed $34,000 in unpaid taxes, went through the nomination process like effluent through the proverbial waterfowl. He’s in. So $34,000 worth of tax cheating is Ok.

Does this mean that the right number is ($34,000+$146,000)/2 = $90,000? Is that the upper cheater limit allowable? Because these jobs all come with a nice paycheck. And I can forget to pay my taxes if that’s what it takes to get in the front door.

Bill Richardson had to pull his name out of the hat too, because his dirty money problems weren’t tax liabilities, they were somehow connected to improper campaign donations. Works for me; I haven’t had a thing to do with any donations to anyone. Ok, $20 to Fred Thompson, and $50 to Sarah Palin Juan McAmnesty. But I will promise to run up some tax debt if that can get me one of those $200,000 a year cabinet jobs.

The confusing part is that I also hear that Nancy Killefer also withdrew her name. She was in the running for White House Performance Officer (now there’s a position Clinton would have appreciated!!) but she had her own tax problems: DC fined her $946 for not paying $298 in unemployment compensation for her household help. I guess that $298 either goes back a long long time, or her fine was so large because she was abusing the hired (illegal?) help. So her under $300 problem might have been more important than Geithner’s $34,000. It’s all the look of the thing after all.


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Posted by Drew458   United States  on 02/03/2009 at 03:26 PM   
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