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Things to do when you loose your Peace and Joy
10 years ago
A Republican Blog.
Hypocrites on paying taxes
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Daschle drops out of Obama's cabinet
Valentines Day is February 14th!
Now comes the Obama administration with the latest claim that it would have the most ethical administration yet. It put together a 63-point questionnaire for its top jobs that at first was criticized for being too intrusive.
Despite that, the White House ended up promoting two men with tax stains on their records. First, it came to light that the eventual Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, needed to pay $43,000 in back taxes and penalties. That came from unmet payroll taxes while he was working for the International Monetary Fund — and until pressured he was going to leave unpaid some of that money because the statute of limitations had expired.
Vetting nominees proves a vexing political problem