I have had about enough of this nonsense about Geithner bing absolutely necessary to the success of the nation. Now we are hearing that the Senate has no choice but to confirm Daschle because we absolutely need him to push through universal health care.
I'm sorry. If you cannot even be bothered to pay your taxes, why should anybody assume that you are committed enough to the welfare of the nation to be trusted with the reins of power?
DeGaulle had it right. None of us is indispensible. The World can get along quite well without us, if need be.
Evading taxes is surely just "the tip of the iceberg"---shows a devious criminal mind at work.
Falsifying official govt documents to get tax rebates---AND unauthorized bonuses, several pensions, higher salaries, and other govt goodies is a felony---incurs charges of 1st-degree tampering with public records, 1st-degree offering of a false instrument for filing, 4th-degree grand larceny, and 1st-degree falsifying of official records.
L/E needs to see listings of "authorized" govt salaries and compare them with the checks they actually cash (or amounts they direct-deposit to bank accounts).
L/E could be looking at charges of Official Misconduct, Fraudulent Salaries, Collusion, and Theft By Deception. If these people used wire transfers, the US Mails, electronic or computers means to facilitate government fraud, additional charges could ensue.
L/E must examine the legal parameters of prosecutable crimes including: (1) making false statements, (2) obstruction and delaying justice, and, (3) obstruction of official proceedings by withholding information.
Govt insiders may have colluded (1) to create phony financial documents to justify pensions, salaries and bonuses (ala Fannie Mae), and, (2) may have fraudulently used tax-exempt bond revenue for personal enrichment. And may be involved in fraudulent use of govt funds and tax-exempt bond revenue could (and should) be prosecuted for (a) fiduciary negligence, and, (b) government fraud.
Here's how to contact the IRS Criminal Investigations Division to report suspected tax fraud and tax law violations. Tel toll-free 1-800-829-0433 (you may remain anonymous).
The IRS is interested in publicly-funded practices, including: (1) failure to publicly disclose uses of government monies; (2) whether accounting fraud and tax evasion is taking place, (3) whether the compensation of appointees/employees is excessive, and, (4) whether questionable compensation practices may be fraudulently constructed to evade the IRS, the SEC and US banking laws.
The IRS is also interested in the way govt agencies construct insider transactions including: (1) loans, (2) sale, (3) exchange, or, (4) leasing of govt property to insiders, and, the way government employees report (5) "excess benefit transactions," (6) executive pay, and, (7) uses of tax-exempt bond revenue.