Political Punch

The rules and the standards are always lowered for the powerful and/or wealthy.

YES,
Let me refresh your memory,the opposit of yes is " NO ". NO,NO,NO,

HAS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FORGOTTEN THAT WORD???,I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THE WORD "IF",I HEAR THAT WORD ALL THE TIME
IF,THE GOVERNMENT WOULD,JUST INCREASE MY
FOOD STAMPS,IF THEY WOULD INCREASE MY CHILD SUPPORT CHECK,IF,THEY(THE GOVERNMENT)WOULD INCREASE MY SOCIAL SECURITY???,IF ,IF,IF,IF, IS LIKE WISHING,TOO FILL UP YOUR HAND,SOME OF YOU,KNOW WHERE I'M GOING,"I THINK"
GO FIGURE,I BELIVE,SENATOR HATCH,HIT IT ON TARGET.
WHEN HE PRAISED"TIMMY"GEITHNER , AS THE SAVIOR"
OF THE "GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM".

aS HEAD OF THE "NEW YORK "FEDERAL"RESERVE BANK(not a government agency).HE HAS POLITICAL TIES,TOO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AND / OR "GLOBAL"AND UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM,DOES ANYONE HEAR THE SOUND OF"ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT"OUT THERE??
HELLO UNITED?STATES OF AMERICA.
YES,YES,LADY LIBERTY=LADY LIBERTY-WHERE FORE ART THOU,OH LADY LIBERTY???????????????.

This guy is going to continue the Wall Street handout. His experience in NY works against him. All they expect from the Treasury secretary is to hand the bn of $$ to Wall Street without delays or questions. Obama is just paying the election debts, including the release of the second part of the handout package. Wake up!

Write to your Senators and let them know how you feel about tax cheaters running our Treasury.

Dear Senator----
I am writing you to ask that you DO NOT SUPPORT the nomination of Timothy Geithner for Secretary of the Treasury. It is absolutely unconscionable to consider appointing him to be the head of our national treasury after learning that he DID NOT PAY HIS TAXES for FOUR YEARS from 2001 to 2004.

No Tax Cheats for Treasury!

Please do the right thing and ask Pres-elect Obama to rescind his name. How could he even consider someone who has cheated on his taxes.

It's funny watching the subject being changed to Joe Plumber. lol

So, if Joe Plumber robs a bank, then it's OK for Geithner to rob a bank, huh? Or if Sarah Palin doesn't pay a tax, it's OK for Geithner not to pay his taxes? Soon, I expect the subject to be changed so that it is Bush's fault.

perfos,

Sounds like a damn lame excuse. This guy SHOULD KNOW better...he is not just another employee!

AND....you know you would all over this if this were a Republican nominee!!!!

"His mistake was a common one for people hired by international organizations that don't pay the employer share of Social Security taxes. The IRS estimated in 2007 that as many as half those employees had made tax-filing mistakes, and offered a group settlement to let them correct the errors. Geithner told Obama's team and senators that an accountant had reviewed his tax returns after Geithner prepared them and didn't discover the problem."

Yes, let's nominate a tax cheat to run the IRS. Another ethically challenged Obama appointee to add to the collection of Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, Rahm Emanuel etc. I'm the sure the list will continue to grow. I'm still waiting for that Hope and Change I was promised, 'cause so far I'm not seeing it.

I can't help but laugh at everybody on here saying he should have immediately gone back on previous years when this was caught. Every one of you on here in this same situation? If you did not have to go back? You would not. NO WAY. It's the American way to try to take advantage of something like this as much as you can. Those of you proclaiming you would? You're going partisan. Again, I worked in the field. I know behavior in this area. We try to get out of paying as much as we can.
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Susan,

He compounded it by not telling the Obama team during the vetting process. They found it and basically ordered him to deal with it. Only a liberal or a complete fool would think this guy with all his background simply forgot..even after being informed by the IRS.

Come On libbies...show some b@lls out there and stand up for the right thing. That alone would be "change". Demand this guy should be tossed aside!

Hello right-wingers. Making a mistake on your taxes and then rectifying it is not a crime. Tax evasion is criminal.

"Joe the Plumber" lied and evaded paying "socialist" taxes. See the difference?!
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Common Sense ,

LOL, I am reminded of the old SNL skit with Dan Akroyd & Jane Curtain....

"Common Sense you ingnorant ****"

You and liberal cronies blasted "joe" and now you want to give this guy a pass.

This guy is a fraud, plain and simple. OOO, I fogot...DUHHHHHHH......

I am a contract engineer and have work for many companies over the years who simply pay my invoices with a check. No dedections at all.

I KNOW THAT I OWE TAXES ON THAT INCOME.

SO DOES HE!!! If he does not, then he is certain not qualified for the job he is up for.

I guess this "the change" we have been in need of. Personally I can do without it.

COMMON SENSE

Joe the Plumber" lied and evaded paying "socialist" taxes. See the difference?!

JOE IS NOT GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE IRS...... geeezzzzzzzzzzz do you people think before you write???

SUSAN
I worked in the field. I know behavior in this area. We try to get out of paying as much as we can.

yep thats the liberal way.... your 100% right!!!

"It's the American way to try to take advantage of something.."

It's also the American way to hold people accountable when they break the law, no?

I can't help but laugh at everybody on here saying he should have immediately gone back on previous years when this was caught. Every one of you on here in this same situation? If you did not have to go back? You would not. NO WAY. It's the American way to try to take advantage of something like this as much as you can. Those of you proclaiming you would? You're going partisan. Again, I worked in the field. I know behavior in this area. We try to get out of paying as much as we can.

if Tim Geithner can't handle his own taxes, how can he be trusted to be secretary of the treasury? an "honest mistake" as secretary of treasury could cost the nation trillions. here is another american citizen, a high profile one, who apparently hires illegal aliens. americans should not be angry at illegals but at americans, like Geithner and et al, that continue to hire them. Geithner should not be confirmed as secretary of treasury, no cabinet post for him but can be hired as an advisor on obama's staff where he can be supervised from making any further honest mistakes. idiot.

Obama is losing his rock star luster. Wow - a Treasury dept nominee who cannot even do his own taxes or hire legals to do work for him. TURBO TAX HELLLLOOO !! Maybe its time for all of us to trot to the bank and take out our money. The Obama team did not do a proper vetting job once again. Shame on them. They will need alot more than chants of hope and change now because the show is about to being and we demand ACTION, not just glorious oratory.

Elle wrote: "Ordinary citizens who fail to pay their taxes properly are crucified for doing so - even IF they really DID make an honest mistake they are not given the opportunity to say "I'm sorry" and get away with paying the taxes owed plus interest - they are jailed."............ Are you kidding me? I used to work in this area. Mistakes happen all the time. They don't jail people for a mistake. If this were the case everybody ever audited would serve time because they always find something to pick at.

WOW!! What a difference from the last time our President selected a nominee for a Cabinet position. It's a good thing he's a Democrat, and Jon Kerry likes him, or this little "mistake" would be a SCANDAL of major proportions!!! I wonder if I can now use this same lame excuse when the tax man knocks on MY door, asking me to cough up MY contributions to the cause?

It is a disgrace that this person is still being considered for this position.If any of us did not pay our taxes there would be major grief. This person scams the system and he is being considered for Treasury Secretary. It is a disgrace. What happened to all the "change" we were going to get?

"His mistake was a common one for people hired by international organizations that don't pay the employer share of Social Security taxes. The IRS estimated in 2007 that as many as half those employees had made tax-filing mistakes, and offered a group settlement to let them correct the errors. Geithner told Obama's team and senators that an accountant had reviewed his tax returns after Geithner prepared them and didn't discover the problem."