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TheMercenary · 02-08-2009, 06:34 PM

Tax cheats and broken promises

After just two weeks in office, the Obama administration is having a hard time living up to the Obama campaign's mantra of change for the better. Unless, of course, "better" is defined as an administration made up of a handful of tax cheats and broken promises.

While much of the United States is still basking in the afterglow of an historic election and an inspiring inauguration, much of the world is looking at Obama's first two weeks in office with incredulousness.

From a policy perspective, several countries have voiced concerns about the protectionist aspects of Obama's "stimulus" bill currently making its way through the US Senate. Meanwhile, even left-leaning France has rejected an Obama-style spending binge.

What is more troubling to many, is that at a time when the United States is saddled with unprecedented levels of peacetime (at least officially, as Congress has not declared war) debt, Obama chose outright tax cheat Timothy F. Geithner to be Treasury Secretary.

Yet, evading taxes appears to being de rigeur for the Obama team. Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for secretary of health and human services, who several years back excoriated tax evaders, happened to forget until recently to pay at least $128,000 in taxes. Meanwhile, just today, Nancy Killefer, who failed to pay employment taxes for household help for almost two years, withdrew her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government.

Now, it is also coming to light that after promising a clean break with the politics of the past, and promising not to have a lobbyist-tainted administration, exceptions are being made.

All the while, the bill aimed a reviving the American economy is getting more expensive by the moment, with the help of ever more lobbyists. At a time of increasing pressure on the average American household, how many tax cheats, lobbyists, and broken promises will the American public tolerate before it demands real change?

http://www.examiner.com/x-2888-World...roken-promises

02-08-2009, 06:34 PM	#86
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Tax cheats and broken promises After just two weeks in office, the Obama administration is having a hard time living up to the Obama campaign's mantra of change for the better. Unless, of course, "better" is defined as an administration made up of a handful of tax cheats and broken promises. While much of the United States is still basking in the afterglow of an historic election and an inspiring inauguration, much of the world is looking at Obama's first two weeks in office with incredulousness. From a policy perspective, several countries have voiced concerns about the protectionist aspects of Obama's "stimulus" bill currently making its way through the US Senate. Meanwhile, even left-leaning France has rejected an Obama-style spending binge. What is more troubling to many, is that at a time when the United States is saddled with unprecedented levels of peacetime (at least officially, as Congress has not declared war) debt, Obama chose outright tax cheat Timothy F. Geithner to be Treasury Secretary. Yet, evading taxes appears to being de rigeur for the Obama team. Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for secretary of health and human services, who several years back excoriated tax evaders, happened to forget until recently to pay at least $128,000 in taxes. Meanwhile, just today, Nancy Killefer, who failed to pay employment taxes for household help for almost two years, withdrew her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government. Now, it is also coming to light that after promising a clean break with the politics of the past, and promising not to have a lobbyist-tainted administration, exceptions are being made. All the while, the bill aimed a reviving the American economy is getting more expensive by the moment, with the help of ever more lobbyists. At a time of increasing pressure on the average American household, how many tax cheats, lobbyists, and broken promises will the American public tolerate before it demands real change? http://www.examiner.com/x-2888-World...roken-promises __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!