Posted on 03/05/2009 6:23:52 AM PST by Liz
Treasury Secy Geithner proposes a crackdown on "tax evasion and avoidance" before tax cheat Cong Rangel's committee........Geithner belatedly paid $40K in taxes he blew off working for the IMF 2001-04. Rangel's famous tax troubles are the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation..... The latest of Team Obama's tax chiselers is US trade rep nominee, Ron Kirk, ex-Dallas mayor, who owes some $10,000. HHS pick Daschle and "performance czar" nominee Nancy Killefer both withdrew over tardy tax issues....... Somebody's got to go after tax evaders and avoiders.....like OJ went after the real killers.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
"Rangel Rule" Bill Introduced for Tax Cheats
Patriot Room ^ | February 3, 2009 | Bill Dupray
FR Posted on 02/03/2009 5:08:25 PM PST by Bill Dupray
Texas Republican Congressman and former judge, John Carter, has introduced legislation that gives ordinary Americans the same special privileges accorded to Democrat Charlie Rangel and our newly minted Democrat Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. As long as you pay your back taxes, all fees and penalties will be waived. More . . . (Excerpt) Read more at patriotroom.com ...
And as we slide into an undeniable Greater Deprerssion-
Drudge reports TurboTax Timmy going after the oil and gas companies for “global warming”
Eddie Haskell as Treasury Secretary?
If I tried to make this up I couldn’t do it. If I wrote this as a screenplay I’d get laughed out of Hollywood. The Secretary of the Treasury shown to be a tax cheat stating he’s going after tax cheats?
ROFLMAO!
Two sets of rules?
My 2009 tagline sums up Zer0’s buddies.
There needs to be a website which will collect analogies about Tim Geithner going after tax cheats.
Having Tim Geithner prosecute tax cheats is like appointing Ted Kaczynsky to be your secretary of Urban Planning.
Having Tim Geithner prosecute tax cheats is like appointing Rod Blagojevich to be Jimmy Carter’s international election supervisory agency.
Having Tim Geithner prosecute tax cheats is like appointing Bernie Madoff to the Office of Thrift Supervision
Having Tim Geithner prosecute tax cheats is like appointing Hillary Clinton to work out a deal between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Oh wait...
Having Tim Geithner prosecute tax cheats is like putting Barney Frank in charge of the Catholic Church Council of Choirs.
Having Tim Geithner prosecute tax cheats is like appointing Bill Clinton to the Bd of Directors of the American Sorority Association.
Having Tim Geithner prosecute tax cheats is like appointing Roseanna Barr to President of the Director’s Guild of America.
Tax evasion is a qualification.
Having Tim Geithner prosecute tax cheats is like having Ted Kennedy as your Alcoholic Anonymous sponsor.
Geithner paid interest, but not a penalty. Rangel needs to go.
That headline made me laugh out loud. Thank you, I need that this morning.
Having Tim Geithner as your Treasury Secretary is like asking Rosie O’Donnell to not be annoying.
Separated at birth?
Thank you. (I suggested the title to our demure Liz)
Glad to oblige.
Beautiful....would make a great Letterman “Top Ten.”
Pretty good!
One tax cheat appears before another tax cheat, vowing to crack down on potential tax cheats. We are through the Looking Glass....
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