Another Democrat Obama appointee who didn’t pay his taxes? Now Tom Daschle, Obama’s pick for health and human services secretary didn’t pay his taxes like the rest of us. He owed $140,000 in back taxes. That’s more than most of us make in a year and he owed it in taxes.
Tim Geitner, Obama’s pick for Treasury Secretary was confirmed despite his problems paying taxes.
Of course you have to go to Fox News to see much about these stories. Mainstream Media doesn’t like to talk about the Emperor and his clothes.
Imagine the uproar if it was a Republican and his choices.
I don’t know which MSM you look at, but this stuff is all over the NYT, PBS, etc.
Comment by Daryl — Tuesday February 3, 2009 @ 8:59 am
By “all over” I guess you mean it got a mention in a tiny section?
Comment by Don — Tuesday February 3, 2009 @ 11:14 am
You didn’t look very hard. Here are a few from the past few days in the New York Times, for example:
Front page headlines
Front page of Politics headline
Front page of Politics headline
Front page of Editorial Section, main article, wherein the editor says Daschle should step aside.
Comment by Daryl — Tuesday February 3, 2009 @ 5:44 pm
Why are you throwing up smokescreens to distract from the topic of my post? We all know the MSM is blatantly liberally biased but what do you think about the fact so many of Obama’s picks are having problems paying their taxes?
Comment by Don — Tuesday February 3, 2009 @ 6:59 pm
I thought your post was about how you have to go to Fox News to find out anything about this, so I was pointing out articles on other sources that discuss it.
We don’t “all know” it, but I’m tired of hearing about and refuting the “liberal press” theory and don’t want to continue pounding that in the ground.
That more than one pick had tax problems is a disturbing coincidence, too bad the vetting didn’t uncover this. All presidents choose people that have problems, and there are always some who don’t make it. Big deal. Let’s move on.
Comment by Daryl — Tuesday February 3, 2009 @ 10:04 pm
I heard a good one yesterday. One of the guys on a forum I participate in said he could never get a job in the Obama administration because he always pays his taxes.
Hey, it’s a joke.
Comment by Richard — Wednesday February 4, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
And not a bad joke. I laughed.
Comment by Daryl — Thursday February 5, 2009 @ 9:20 am
I also heard a joke. We now understand why Democrats always want to raise taxes. They don’t pay any!
Ha
Ha
Comment by Don — Thursday February 5, 2009 @ 11:05 am
Another day…another tax cheat in the Obama administration. Yesterday, it came out that Hilda Solis’, labor secretary nominee, husband just settled over $6,000 in tax liens against his business. Some were as old as 16 years.
Comment by Robin — Friday February 6, 2009 @ 8:37 am