Posted on 09/01/2009 5:43:34 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
Charlie Rangel, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the committee that writes the tax law, wants the IRS to get tough on taxpayers even if they make unintentional mistakes.
Yes THAT Charlie Rangel. The one who is constantly getting caught "forgetting" about his income.
* In September he admitted a failure to report $75 thousand in taxes.
* He was discovered taking a tax break for people whose primary residence was in Washington DC, but if his primary residence was in DC he couldn't be congressman representing NYC. And besides, he was occupying four rent controlled controlled apartments in New York, the rule is you don't qualify for rent control unless the apartment is your primary residence. That is why he got in trouble for using one of the apartments as his office.
* In May, the House Ways and Means Chair found himself in a new ethics investigation, this time "pay-for-play". The allegation is that Rangel helped preserve a lucrative tax loophole for an Oil Company, and in turn the Oil Company donated a Million Dollars to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service. Maybe it was for research on how people in Congress find way to service themselves.
* The end of June saw a new scandal as the Ethics Committee launched an investigation of the NY Congressman, this one revolving around a Caribbean boondoggle.
Then there is the matter of his financial disclosure form. Lets just say it had some mistakes also:
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I have a sneaking suspicion that his Dominican Republic hideaway is somehow related to illicit money.
But that’s just me.
This guy is no more than an arrogant crook.
Hypocrite? Sure, but that pales in comparison to his corruption and his criminal actions.
IRS Form 1040 is signed under penalty of perjury.
Is Rangel any different than Pelosi, Reed, Dodd, Frank, Emmanuel, Stark, and the whole rotten jackal pack that make up our leadership? Is it any wonder that more and more Amricans cheat on their taxes?
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