Is anyone else seeing a trend here. The party that says we need to pay more so that the have nots can have a better life, seem to cheat on their taxes at an alarming rate.http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/01/bumps-in-the-ro.html
...In a speech to his fellow Republican House members, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., compared Daschle's issue with the tax problems that hindered the confirmation of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and those of Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., who is embroiled in a controversy over payment of taxes on a beachfront villa in the Dominican Republic."A pattern is developing," Cantor said. "The pattern is solidified. ... It's easy for the other side to sit here and advocate higher taxes because -- you know what? -- they don't pay them."...
Dascle Steps aside due to tax problem
I wish they would have let him in then hammered him.
NO - I have hated that motherfucker since I was old enough to know the depths of his blackened liberal heart. This country is better off with that man out of any position of power. I despise Daschle.
Quick! Name the Author of this quote:“Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter. ”
re: Daschle on Taxes [John J. Pitney]“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.
Husband of Rep. Solis, Labor nominee, settles tax liensBy Matt Kelley, USA TODAYWASHINGTON — The husband of President Obama's choice to head the Labor Department paid about $6,400 Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years against his business, the Obama administration said Thursday.The disclosure came shortly before a scheduled 2 p.m. meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which will vote on U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis' nomination as Labor secretary. The hearing was postponed to give the administration time to look into the tax matter and report back to the committee, said Anthony Coley, a spokesman for Sen. Edward Kennedy, the committee chairman. Solis is a California Democrat.At a news conference, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said of Solis: "I read the story in USA TODAY and it quotes somebody who works here. Obviously we know about the story. We reviewed her tax returns and her tax returns are in order. Her husband had an issue.""She's not a partner in that business," Gibbs said. "We're not going to penalize her for her husband's business mistakes."Los Angeles County records showed 15 outstanding state and county tax liens against Sayyad and his auto repair business, totaling $7,630. Two other liens worth $981 were released in 1999 after Sayyad repaid the taxes owed, according to county records.Solis' financial disclosures list Sayyad's business, Sam's Foreign and Domestic Auto Center, as one of the couple's main assets, worth between $50,000 and $100,000. The disclosure form Solis filed after her nomination also lists bank accounts containing between $250,000 and $500,000.Solis and Sayyad were unaware of the liens until USA TODAY asked about them Tuesday, White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said.Vietor said Sayyad went to the Los Angeles County tax office and paid what he was told he owed — which was about $6,400 — to settle all of his outstanding liens. But Sayyad plans to appeal, Vietor said.Vietor said Sayyad believes he had already paid all of his taxes in full. He said Solis had no reason to know of the liens because her husband's business is a sole proprietorship.Personal tax problems have tripped up three of President Obama's nominees for top administration jobs. Two nominees withdrew Tuesday over tax issues. They were Tom Daschle, Obama's choice head the Health and Human Services Department, and Nancy Killefer, nominated for chief performance officer. Killefer had a $947 tax lien filed against her in Washington four years ago for not paying unemployment compensation taxes for a household employee. She paid the debt less than six months later, District of Columbia records show.Committee Republicans have held up Solis' nomination since she appeared before the committee last month, in part because of questions about her service as an unpaid board member and treasurer of a pro-union non-profit, American Rights at Work. The group's disclosure reports with the Senate say it spent $110,000 in 2007 and $200,000 in 2008 on lobbying, primarily to support legislation Solis co-sponsored that's designed to make it easier for unions to organize.Solis did not list her board membership as required on her House financial disclosures. In written responses to questions from Republican committee members, Solis said the omission was "an unintentional oversight" she had corrected last month by amending her reports with the House clerk's office.A spokesman for the panel's top Republican, Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming, said Enzi is "reviewing those responses carefully." The spokesman, Michael Mahaffey, said he could not comment on Solis' personal finances."Congresswoman Solis will make an outstanding secretary of Labor and, while this issue has only recently come to the committee's attention, we are optimistic that the committee will be able to move forward with her nomination soon," said Coley, spokesman for Kennedy.County records show that all of the tax liens are addressed to Sayyad at his business address, and seven list the repair shop as a debtor.Eleven of the tax liens seek delinquent county taxes on unsecured property, which includes business equipment other than real estate. Two liens, from 1994 and 1996, are for $1,255 in unpaid state sales taxes. The remaining two, from 1994 and 1995, are for $786 in unpaid county health and safety permit fees.Some of the liens were more recent. For example, two of the tax liens for unsecured property were issued in the past four months: One for $97 in December and another for $701 in November, the records show.A tax lien is a legal claim filed by the government against the property of a person or business to collect unpaid taxes or fees.
I am beginning to see a pattern here. Anyone else?http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-02-05-solis-husband-taxes_N.htm
I am beginning to see a pattern here. Anyone else?...
...Senator Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican, on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday: “I can see now why liberals don’t mind if the tax rate goes up, because they’re not going to pay it anyway.”...
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