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We now know why the Democrats find it so easy to raise taxes, THEY JUST DON'T PAY THEM. Today we can chalk up another tax scandal for the party of scandal, Nancy Killefer chosen by President Obama to be the first Chief Performance Officer of the United States has withdrawn her name from consideration because she too has a history of not paying taxes. When the President announced Kilferer he described her new position as "identifying where there are areas that we can make big change that lasts beyond the economic recovery plan and save taxpayer money over the long...

President Obama’s promise to set a new ethical standard in politics took another knock today when his budget enforcer was forced to withdraw amid revelations that she did not pay her taxes on time. Nancy Killefer, a director of the McKinsey management consultancy firm whose brief was to cut waste and improve government efficiency, is the third member of the White House team to encounter trouble over her personal finances. Reports said that she failed for over a a year and a half to pay employment taxes on her domestic help. Ms Killefer’s decision to withdraw her nomination follows similar...

President Obama’s choice for the position of chief White House performance officer has withdrawn from consideration for the post, an administration official said Tuesday, after coming forward with concerns about her tax returns. Nancy Killefer, appointed by the president last month to a new position to scrutinize government spending, told the administration on Monday that she intended to step down from the position at the Office of Management and Budget. An administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the announcement was not finalized, confirmed that Ms. Killefer’s withdrawal came because of questions with her taxes. Update: In her resignation...

"[Killefer] The longtime senior partner at the giant global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has previously worked at the Treasury to modernize the IRS and on a public-private oversight board to push the tax agency to more aggressively pursue corporate and high-income tax cheats. Killefer returns to government to take a new White House job Obama created — chief performance officer — to make federal programs more efficient and more responsive to those they serve and to help eliminate those that don't work."