Posted on 03/04/2009 2:14:37 AM PST by Scanian
For sheer chutzpah, it would be hard to top the scene on Capitol Hill yesterday. As Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner vowed to go after wealthy Americans who shield money in tax havens, the man wielding the chairman's gavel in the House Ways and Means hearing was Democrat Charlie Rangel.
Perfect together. Geithner and Rangel are two peas in a pod when it comes to dodging their own taxes, and neither is embarrassed about demanding others pay up.
Their certainty about what's good for the rest of us, combined with their sense of privilege about their own shady conduct, perfectly illustrates the real deficit in Washington. More than the budget gap, the trust deficit is causing doubts about President Obama's big-government grab.
Wall Street's worries weren't eased by Obama's claim yesterday that now is a good time to buy stocks.
His aim to dramatically expand the size and cost of government, which Geithner defended yesterday with phrases like "deep moral imperative," ultimately means putting more power in the tainted hands of people like Geithner and Rangel.
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To the tax cheats in Versailles on the Potomac: Make my day. I REFUSE.
Obama is on track to make the Carter years look prosperous.
So, President Barky, if I DO buy stocks now (since you are recommending it based on your vast economic expertise) and they go bad, will you bail me out?
Which stocks are YOU buying now, Obie? Can you give me some advice?
Is that Arabic for 'newspaper?'
This administration does seem to have an overage of sneering, “effete snobs,” as a famous VP used to call them. These people are so convinced that they are soooo smart when all they do is make one destructive move after another.
LOL! I don’t think so—just a little slip of my left pinkie made it seem that way.
How long should it take before he says ‘I was wrong’?
Do you think such a narcissist is capable of that?
It should be soon; it will be never.
... they can’t audit us all.
Here’s a good one,
Would you trust obamma lamma ding dong in a room by himself with a stash of cocaine? I bet he’d pilfer some.
Geithner looked like he was given the BO script and told to read it out loud or else...this POS Taxcheat Geithner will become the scapegoat of the failed Big Bank bailot.
No, it's Arabic for 'hats'.
They can’t audit us all.....
Um...I know someone that works in the IRS. They told me about a week ago that the IRS is hiring auditors at an incredible pace. IRS is “stocking up” on auditors. And I guarantee it’s not cause they’re planning on going after all the democrats who haven’t paid their taxes.
For sheer chutzpah, it would be hard to top the scene on Capitol Hill yesterday. As Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner vowed to go after wealthy Americans who shield money in tax havens, the man wielding the chairman's gavel in the House Ways and Means hearing was Democrat Charlie Rangel.
Perfect together. Geithner and Rangel are two peas in a pod when it comes to dodging their own taxes, and neither is embarrassed about demanding others pay up...
Thanks for the ping!
>>they can’t audit us all.
Maybe that is how they plan to create new jobs?
‘Ministry of Auditors’
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