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He would always use the ol George Castanza line..."was that wrong?"

Some of the commenters above compared this scandal with McCain's inability to answer a question regarding the number of residences owned by his household.

The difference is that there have been no allegations that the McCains failed to report a stream of income to the IRS.

I am a former federal tax prosecutor who currently works for a state department of taxation. If the IRS chooses to investigate this matter, Mr. Rangel and his wife could be in trouble. Rangel is going to try and say that this was a mistake, but the IRS should be suspicious...mistakes like this almost always seem to work in the taxpayer's favor. More likely, they will see it as a willful attempt to evade taxation which is a felony under Title 26 US Code Section 7201 punishable by a fine of up to $500,000 and imprisonment up to 5 years.

Mr. Hunt,

Just what 'they' are you referring to
if I might ask?

Does anyone know how many houses Charlie has? Seems the Dems have lotsa moula and are trying really hard not to pay their fair share of taxes - they think only the rich Repubs should pay taxes. And just like his boss, the One, he shoved his poor wife under the bus! lol,lol,lol!

Not only is he corrupt he is a coward.

What kind of man refuses to take responsibility for breaking the law, when caught, and then blames his wife for his scandalous behavior?

We actually permit this man to GOVERN and make decisions for us, including our finances he doesn't have a clue about his own finances?

He ought to be removed from office, immediately.

I don't understand how they can think they are the smartest people in the world, then when they get caught with their hand in the cookie jar they say;
Oh, I didn't know about that!

Posted by: John | Sep 5, 2008 4:43:03 PM

So how is this different from McCain not knowing how many houses / properties he owns

Do you have proof that they are in his name?

Its in a freezer

It's O.K. Leonard, this is business as usual for all Left politicians at all levels. Heck, Kwame Kilpatrick, Jefferson "I iced my cash", Clinton, Pelosi.."watchu mean I gotta get bids", the list is simply endless, but, because they are lefty you hardly hear a peep and no one except Kwame has paid any dues. We are used to this and look for a lot more of the same with Obamaisah and his group!

Can we quite snipping at each other for a moment and laugh at that headline. Tapper that was pretty good, nice to have a little laugh after these last two weeks. OK back to trashing each other.

File under: "If this had been a Republican, it would be front-page news in every newspaper."

Rangel is a crook just like the rest of the Dems.

"Davis said the congressman did not realize he had to declare the money as income, and was unaware of the semiannual payments from the resort because his wife, Alma, handled the family finances and conferred with their accountant, John Viardi, on tax matters," the Times reports.

Uh... yeah! I believe that! After all, which of us hasn't received the odd stream of income totalling $75K or so, and just naturally assumed that it would be of no particular interest to the IRS. Indeed, why bother them about it at all? Such busy people, and so much to do...

So how is this different from McCain not knowing how many houses / properties he owns - as most of them are due to his wife's finances? But how much has been made about that? AND - none of that is breaking / bending the law....

We'll see how much traction this gets beyond this 15 minutes.... I'm guessing, None.

Its nice to be a Democrat.

Well it is out of country out of mind don't ya know?

More corruption from the Muppet Charles Rangle...

Race-baiting the draft with lies; tax-payer subsidized luxury cars; sweetheart rental deals on 4 luxury condos; using Congress to stage distracting investigations into himself; and now, tax fraud.

"I did not realize I had to declare the money as income"

How many times a day does the IRS hear that one?????

How many houses does Rangel own?

What will the Clintons do about their offshore accounts?