OBAMA NOMINATES ANOTHER TAX CHEATHHS Nominee Daschle -- Former Senate Majority Leader -- Says He "Unintentionally" Failed to Pay Taxes on Limousine and Driver He Was "Given"
In an act making several folks scratch their heads at how this could be the "Change we've been waiting for," President Obama continues to support Tom Daschle, his nominee to be head of Health and Human Services, despite Daschle's admission that he (1) failed to pay income taxes on a $1,000,000 "consulting" fee; (2) failed to pay taxes on a limousine and driver that a supporter had gifted to him; and (3) failed (on top of the $146,000 in income taxes owed) to pay an additional $6,000 in Medicare taxes for the limo driver -- and this is the guy whom Obama wants to put in charge of overseeing Medicare and Medicaid.
"My mistakes were unintentional," Daschle wrote ove the weekend. As with Obama's Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Daschle waited until he got caught before paying the taxes.
This writer is not surprised that Daschle isn't getting quite the same treatment by the media as, say, Joe the Plumber, who owed a whopping $1,182.
Ceci Connolly and Paul Kane of the Washington Post have full coverage here.
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