What if it's Beck with a tax 'accident'?

Politico ^ | 1-8-09 | KENNETH P. VOGEL

[radioone]

No one has been less forgiving than Glenn Beck when it comes to Democrats with tax problems.

[radioone]

Since Beck hammers the WH day after day, it's time for the Chicago Mob to release a little info.

[screaminsunshine]

I have a feeling that the CIA may be releasing a few “leaks” on them soon.

[SkyDancer]

Beck is not an elected politician ... Geitner is ....

[A CA Guy]

Already posted days ago.

[alecqss]

Well, liberals only “fix” tax “accidents” immediately before starting to run for the public office and only if they bound to come in the open... If they don't run, they don't “fix”.
The rest of us - not so lucky to have such leisured choice.

[US Navy Vet]

At how many upteen thousand pages of a POS “Tax Code” WE ALL ARE TAX “CHEATS” SO F*CK YOU Politico!

[Mamzelle]

Beck doesn’t write our taxes or manage the national treasury. Every business scrambles to comply with the behemoth and capricious IRS—that’s the POINT of Beck’s criticism.

[downtownconservative]

If you are wealthy, have multiple businesses and operate interstate, you will have tax issues, due simply to massive complexity. That does not compare to tax evasion, failure to file and false statements, all of which comprised the dems’ issues.

[tophat9000]

Let see does Glenn Beck write the tax laws?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The difference is that Turbotax Tim et al get off with not even a hand slap.

Glenn would face the death penalty.

[Painesright]

Straight out of the Alinsky playbook: identify, isolate, freeze and escalate.

http://theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2009/02/acorn-and-alinskys-rule-13.html

Too bad we are on to them now.

Seems to me that try as they might, all Politico succeeded in exposing in their attempted hit piece is an honest, successful businessman who tried his best to comply with an insanely complex, confiscatory tax code. Then he paid his taxes as soon as he found out he owed more than his tax preparers said he owed.

Something you cannot say for Tax Cheat Geithner and many other tax-evading liberal hypocrites.

[MNJohnnie]

Pathetically weak arguement from the Left.

Beck is not in charge of writing our tax laws or our fiscal policy. He is not in a position of power to impose law on others.

This is argument is akin to a cop going to a judge and pleading “Hey, it no big deal I robbed that bank, there are other people robbing banks every day”. or a pastor going to his church and saying “hey it no big deal I cheated on my wife, lots of you have done that too”.

The standard of accountability is much much higher for those in positions of authority as anyone who was a serious journalist, as opposed to a Democrat party shill at DNC front group Politico, would know.

[rahbert]

you mean appointed. SecTreas is an appointed office.

[Domandred]

Beck isn’t in charge of the nations money and doesn’t make the tax codes.

[hosepipe]

When you can be taxed on stuff you already OWN(like property)..
You are just renting it from the government ANYWAY..

The only justice is when a politician gets hung..-OR-
Arrested, tried, looted, and then hung..

[rushmom]

Geitner didn’t make an accounting error. He just didn’t pay taxes...until he got caught at which time he was awarded a cabinet post.

[Captainpaintball]

According to Beck, The head of the census walked up to him and stated that Beck WILL be receiving a census form, and that he WILL fill out all of it.

Maybe that's how they get him. He refuses to fill out the whole form (he is not Constitutionally required to do so) and they sue him. He goes to court, and he spends his time away from the show, or using the show to advocate his case (if he is even allowed to do so), which will take the spotlight away from everything else they are doing.

[SkyDancer]

right right ....