Basil Irwin,FloydReports.com Well,once again,another key Obama administration official got caught not paying his taxes. This time it was US Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder along with his brother failed to pay property taxes on their childhood home in Queens,New York,which they inherited last August when their mother passed away. [...] World Net Daily Another administration official doesn't pay taxes There could be tax troubles on the horizon for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel,who reportedly has lived rent-free in Washington for five years but hasn’t paid taxes on the imputed income,according to reports. He’s the latest in [...] by Charles Krauthammer,Townhall.com In recent speeches Obama has switched from hope to fear “A failure to act,and act now,will turn crisis into a catastrophe.”—President Obama,Feb. 4,2009. Catastrophe,mind you. So much for the president who in his inaugural address two weeks earlier [...] By Andrew C. McCarthy,National Review Tony Rezko from friend to bonehead all in a days spin In Chicago,Barack Obama’s M.O. was to talk the talk of a reformer and walk the walk of an old-school machine politician. When he got called on it,he did what machine politicians do:[...] By CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press Obama's arrogance is coming through to people Two weeks into his presidency,Barack Obama proved that even a clearly gifted politician cannot escape the gravitational pull of Washington forces that have humbled many of his predecessors. The new president,seen by some as arrogant,[...] By Politico So it turns out Barack Obama is not immune to the laws of political gravity after all. Tom Daschle will go back to being a big time lobbyist As Tom Daschle’s nomination for health and human services secretary slammed to a halt in a pile of broken glass,there [...] A victory for taxpaying Americans. Tom Daschle,lobbyist,tax cheat and Obama pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services joins the long list of Obama picks to drop out. Several important questions now arise. Who vetted these picks? Is corruption endemic in the Democratic party? When does the tax cheat Geithner resign? Can we [...] by Frank James,Chicago Tribune Tom Daschle begs us to understand his tax cheating When a Democratic president wakes up to a New York Times editorial asking that the president’s pick for a key cabinet post withdraw his nomination because of tax and other troubling issues,that’s not a good start [...] Sen Max Baucus and Sen Chuck Grassley of Senate Finance Committee Statement from the Senate Finance Committee on the Nomination of Thomas A. Daschle: Thomas A. Daschle recently filed amended tax returns for 2005,2006 and 2007 reporting $128,203 in additional tax and $11,964 in interest. The adjustments resulted from additional [...] | |
