Tom Daschle withdraws his nominee to be Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services on Feb., 3rd, 2009. Dachle failed to pay taxes on a car and driver service he received from a friend who was a managing partner from Englewood, Colo.-based InterMedia Partners. The total cost that he owes is $130,000 for this car and driver. It is ironic because Daschle, himself, spoke strongly against individuals who participate in tax evasion: “Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.” Sen. Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, May 7, 1998, p. S4507.
Nancy Killefer also withdraws her nomination to be the nation's Compliance Officer for failing to pay employment taxes for her maid for a year and a half. She failed to make the required quarterly payments for a year and half, the D.C. government said, whereupon a lien for $946.69 was placed on her home.
Timothy Geithner, however, has accepted to be our Nation's Treasury Scratary and head the IRS. Instead of taking the high road and withdrawing his nomination (the least he could have done) he has proceeded to fill the seat in Obama's cabinet. Geithner failed to pay employment taxes while working for the International Monetary Fund in Washington for 4 years and currently owes over $100,000 in back taxes and penalties.
Bill Richardson was nominated as the Commerce Secretary. He had to withdraw his name due to pay-to-play allegations in New Mexico. Mr. Richardson is currently under Federal investigation.
Now just imagine for one second if this were a Republican administration and how much the media would TEAR into what is happening. All of this damage and we are only in the 2nd week of Obama being President. Anyone with half a brain knows that this would be dominating the news, talk shows, ..even Entertainment Tonight. Republicans and Conservatives tried to warn other Americans that you must judge a man by the people he surrounds himself with. None of this is a surprise to me.
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