Posted on 02/02/2009 8:23:06 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
WASHINGTON Tom Daschle said Monday that he's "deeply embarrassed and disappointed" about his failure to pay more than $120,000 in taxes. President Barack Obama's pick to head the Health and Human Services Department apologized for his mistake in a letter to the Senate Finance Committee released Monday. Daschle is expected to answer questions from the panel later in the day in a closed session. Daschle said he profoundly regrets the errors that the committee has had to deal with and he is willing to answer any questions. The committee reported that Daschle recently filed amended tax returns to reflect $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest. It remains to be seen whether the tax issue will stall or derail Daschle's nomination. But Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mon., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued a statement supporting Daschle's confirmation. "I have applauded Senator Daschle's nomination to the post of HHS secretary, and my faith in his dedication and qualifications has only been bolstered in recent weeks by our numerous conversations about the pressing need for comprehensive health care reform," Baucus said in the statement Monday. "The ability to advance meaningful health reform is my top priority in confirming a Secretary of Health and Human Services, and I remain convinced that Senator Daschle would be an invaluable and expert partner in this effort. I am eager to move forward together."
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Why can't the rest of hear his excuses?! I'm sure they are really going to grill him hard. /s
Can't you just hear them laughing themselves silly about it all? Hey, we screwed them again...haaa haaaa haaaa.
Democrats are above the law.
The IRS would put a lien on your house (if you own one), confiscate your cars and make your life a living hell.
I noticed Dorkle is getting the C. Rangel Blue light special. The IRS must waive all penalties incurred by prominent Democrats.
If Daschle is the best you can find this country is in a hell of a mess. He is a liar, a tax cheat and has so many conflicts of interest (as does his lobbyist wife) that it is sickening. And you think this is who we ‘need’ to ‘fix’ health-care?!
This is such a crock.
On Laura's radio show today she suggested we just write a note to the IRS instead of paying our taxes, since it is apparently ok to NOT PAY your taxes...nothing worth paying attention to, simply oversights, etc.
Forget the taxes Tommy, Of course you are anxious to be in the cabinet you have been lobbying for the people you will be dealing with for the last few years, and as head of the Cabinet you can really make it pay off for them.
You friggin crook.
Have we hit the point where we can ask the question, “Is there anybody in the Obama Cabinet who HAS paid their taxes?”
I really, really do not like little Tommy. Some libs are tolerable (barely) but he’s just a puke.
Well, then, THAT changes EVERYTHING. It's PERFECTLY O.K. then. /sarc
YES! How many of them just haven't been caught yet?!
I remember when a nanny problem would do them in. Now, you can have a nanny problem and be a tax cheat! And Obama claimed he was going to be different. But, I forgot that was just campaign promises he never meant to keep in the first place.
I wonder if Wesley Snipes is still voting Democrat...
Dascle said that?
How about being honest and saying "I am a thief, I am a crook, I am not worthy of any new post because I cannot be trusted with my finances."
"deeply embarrassed and disappointed" is what HIS parents and Hussein should say about him and then give him a swift kick in the butt.
Us ordinary people would have penalties that would double the amount at least.
“Of course you are anxious to be in the cabinet you have been lobbying for the people you will be dealing with for the last few years”......
Nail on the head!....
Well, Eva....THAT IS very interesting....has there been a THREAD on that little factoid? Where’d you hear/see that?
The IRS has a formal policy of treating VIPs with kid gloves. They don’t want them testifying about IRS heavy hands. We have an IRS agent friend who explained it too us..particularily minority Pols and VIPS.
And yet they will chase your ass to the ends of the earth...
Yup.
Well except for Pelosi, his main man.
I wish I was in the string business, all that jerking on his strings by the Dixie Mafia (ex Clinton members of the ObamaMob) and the Daley Political/Crime Mob Machine guys would make me a pile of money replacing the broken strings!
Report: Daschle Received $220G From Health Care Groups With Vested Interest
Tom Daschle, President Obama's nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, reportedly received $220,000 in speaking fees from health care groups with a vested interest in the work he would do once confirmed as health chief.
FOXNews.com
Saturday, January 31, 2009
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