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March 3, 2009
Ron Kirk, Obama's Latest Tax Cheat Nominee
Ron Kirk, the nominee for U.S. trade representative, has agreed to pay about $10,000 in back taxes, becoming the latest top-level appointee in the Obama administration to face the embarrassment of dealing with an income tax problem.
At least Kirk can make use of the classic liberal defense so often heard when Bill Clinton was molesting young girls in the Oval Office: everybody does it.
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner owed more than $30,000 in taxes that he paid before he took office. Former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), who owed more than $100,000 in taxes, was forced to withdraw as a nominee for Health and Human Services secretary. Nancy Killefer, President Obama's pick for chief performance officer, stepped aside because of tax problems involving less than $1,000.
What's the big deal? It's not like powerful Democrats paying their taxes like the rest of us would put even the slightest dent in the monumental deficit Comrade Obama is using to crush our economy.
On a tip from Byron.
Posted by Van Helsing at March 3, 2009 8:05 AM
Comments
Captain Kirk isnt black!
Posted by: Anonymous at March 3, 2009 8:19 AM
Nice Harry Potter glasses.
Posted by: Anonymous at March 3, 2009 8:33 AM
You know, Obama doesn't need to raise taxes to pay for all of his spending - he just needs to get the Democrats to pay theirs!
By the same token, no wonder the Dems have no qualms about raising taxes. They don't pay them, anyway, so who cares how much they are?
Posted by: CoderInCrisis at March 3, 2009 9:46 AM
What's the difference between Jesus and Obama? Jesus could put together a cabinet.
Posted by: Nancy at March 3, 2009 10:49 AM
But with glasses like those, he is undoubtedly a very cool cat.
Posted by: Ken S at March 3, 2009 11:27 AM
That is correct - If Obama's cabinet paid their taxes we wouldnt have a federal deficit.
Posted by: FreeThinker at March 3, 2009 12:08 PM
RON KIRK HE LOOKS LIKE A JERK THATS BECUASE HE IS A JERK
Posted by: SPURWING PLOVER at March 3, 2009 12:35 PM
What the hell is going on over there? By this time, doesn't it occur to anyone to ask the potential new guy some questions, like, "sure you don't have any, like, tax issues or anything?"
Sheer incompetence, the lot of them.
Posted by: Karin at March 3, 2009 1:02 PM
I love you, Nancy!
Posted by: Anonymous at March 3, 2009 11:43 PM
I thought paying your taxes was patriotic, and dissent is patriotic,and President Bush was bad
and we were saddeling our "children" with the bill for " this wrong war".
WT......F
Mmmmmm, what flavor is this kool-aid?
Posted by: czuch at March 5, 2009 3:34 PM
