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By: Hope and Change Scorecard | Radio Vice Online

Hope and Change Scorecard | Radio Vice Online — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:03:32 +0000

[...] as the Feds investigate what role he may have played in a pay for play scandal, his new Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner, the man who overseas the IRS, slides through on party lines after its revealed he failed to pay [...]

By: madison

madison — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:11:20 +0000

I would like to see somebody from the private sector in that post. It should be someone who has a track record of fiscal responsibility, along with a proven track record of successfully and responsibly managing a finite amount of resources. Criminals need not apply.

By: Wayne SW

Wayne SW — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:13:02 +0000

We are missing a key point on this topic. With hope and change, Geithner will go down the change road. Not paying a penalty for late tax payment, this is merely VIP treatment, similar to Dodd.

We are trying to hold our leaders to standards that they are not familiar with. To them, this is business as usual.

By: herb094

herb094 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:42:48 +0000

It is amazing how times change. Remember Zoey and Kimba forced to remove themselves for consideration to be Attorney General because of problems, taxes and status of nannies in their employment if memory serves correctly. Now Geithner gets appointed to run the Treasury even though he had issues with not paying taxes. Looks like a double standard to me.

By: emgee

emgee — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:41:33 +0000

Last night, on one of the discussion panels (FoxBusiness Channel?), it was stqated that Tim Geithner had paid his back taxes with interest, but paid no penalty. Now isn't that nice! Without further confirmation, I have to assume that some type of negotiation took place between Geithner's lawyers and the IRS. Did any of this come out in the Senate Comfirmation Hearings?……no! Special treatment perhaps for the Treasury's head guy?

I can assure you that the last (and only) time I had any direct one-on-one dealings with the local IRS office, I was lied to, abused, and threatened until I paid the full amount the IRS deemed I owed. It was not a pleasant experience. A negotiated deal…..don't make me laugh; was never in the cards.

By: Terry W

Terry W — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:57:42 +0000

This kind of "error" the "Regular Joes" understand. After all, they have to pay their taxes, and know what would happen to them if they did this kind of thing. I have hopes the Senate may have to let this guy go.

By: emgee

emgee — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:44:57 +0000

I think Tim Geithner's apology, that the tax mistakes he made were "unintentional", is a bit lame! I've used TurboTax as a self-employed filer for the last nine years and it has been my experience that you would have to "game" the software to override the SE tax calculation. Then to say that a tax professional prepared his '03 and '04 returns, and he too made the same mistake leads me to wonder which income documents did Geithner "unintentional" NOT give to the preparer? Seems to me that the IMF statements that Geithner signed made it pretty clear that SE taxes were due, and that he was being comped-up specifically to pay those taxes.

Based on the above, I'm compelled to believe that Geithner is lying, and those that are attempting to "cover" for him are lying too!

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:32:11 +0000

Maybe we should hope he can change into an honest person?

By: Dimsdale

Dimsdale — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:55:03 +0000

We have two choices: 1) he is stupid enough to fail to pay basic taxes that the average ordinary Joe pays without fanfare, even with written and acknowledged warnings; or 2) he is so corrupt that he arrogantly believed that he could get away with not paying his self employment taxes and claiming tax deductions that he was clearly and unambiguously not entitled to collect.

Gee. I don't see either circumstances as qualifying him to collect tolls on the highway, much less lead the Treasury Department.

Given the recent performance of our elected "representatives," I can see why they think he is so qualified: compared to charlatans like Dodd and Frank, a piggy bank has more economic sense and ability. That or this is a fall guy for them.

By: Erik from WH

Erik from WH — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:26:28 +0000

We can not afford to have a treas. sec. that makes careless, avoidable mistakes. Regardless of the intention.

Please ask yourself why this guys gets confirmed? This system is crooked and corrupt. All of these elected officials are conspiring against us. I am really starting to believe this.

-Erik