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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Exactly. Politburo.
Exactly. And it would take a lot less than this to get them started.
No need to apologize, Tom. We know you D.C. elitists only care about yourselves, anyway. We’ll act accordingly.
It only has meaning if you are deeply sorry.
Taxes are for chumps!......
This is sounding more and more like a Helmsley Administration.
Apology not accepted.
So for some perspective, in three years the guy has evaded taxes on more than seven times the US median household income - and that's just what we know about so far. The taxes avoided would have provided food and health care for 50 or 60 starving children for a year (the number who died of illness or starvation waiting for their share is unknown), or perhaps given badly needed raises in wages and benefits to the same number of union represented government employees </sarc on that last part just so ya know>. The hypocrisy.
I was happy to see him bumped out of the Senate by the good voters of South Dakota, but maybe the US Treasury would have been money ahead to just keep paying him.
In addition to being a tax cheat,isn't Tom Daschle an UNlicensed lobbyist ?
We know his wife is a lobbyist for those in health care.
Could be. But his position is supposed to be “the one” responsible for giving food & health care to the starving children for “The One”. And we know for sure he has taken food out of their mouths, intentionally.
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