I often wondered why Democrats were always in favor of raising taxes. I personally cannot believe what a large chunk of income of every single one of my payroll checks goes to the government. I do not understand a culture that would take more money because you do better for yourself while rewarding others that do not contribute anything to society. Now it has become crystal clear, Democrats do not pay the taxes that they owe.
For the Obama Administration it started with Timothy Geithner who did not pay self-employment taxes on his income even though he signed a document and was aware that he had to. Then when called on it by the IRS he only payed what was within the statute of limitations until he was nominated for Treasury Secretary. Now today two more nominees were pulled for consideration for not paying taxes. One for his driver and the other for her household help.
This is nothing new though. Eight yes Eight Clinton nominees had failed to pay taxes. Some were rejected while others mistakes only came to light immediately after they had been confirmed by the Democratic Senate (How convenient).
So the next time you hear the democrats asking for higher taxes, it may just be because they just do not pay the taxes they are subjected to so they do not feel your pain.


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We need tax cuts not more taxes.
Mooch
Actually, it has only been THREE Democrats (so far) and they DID pay taxes; they just didn't pay ALL the taxes that they owed.
If you are going to reach back to 42's administration in order to point fingers, then let's trot out all the Republicans that have been caught not paying all their taxes over the past ten years. I'm sure that list is not very short.
How do you call it a slap at the president's two-facedness on transparency when both faces are being presented to the public and the people are stepping down as a result?
If Obama were being two faced about his transparency then these erring Dems would have their misdeeds covered over, and then they would be installed in the positions.
What we are seeing is crystal clear transparency, that is being followed up on with real world consequences.