If the President means what he says about ethics, this had to happen.
NEWS ALERT
from The Wall Street Journal
Feb. 3, 2009
Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services. President Obama said Tuesday he accepted the withdrawal "with sadness and regret." Mr. Daschle had failed to pay more than $100,000 in taxes in a timely fashion, and his relationship with EduCap is under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service.
Not paying taxes must be the 'in' thing for the Obama crowd. This would be hilarious if it weren't so sad. The proposed 'performance' czar is delivering a really riveting performance.
Perhaps the tax code is far too complex for them to follow or they hire lousy tax accountants. No wonder there's a call from Democrats to tax the rich even more...many of the wealthy Democrats don't pay all their taxes. This bodes ill for Daschle
But it gets worse! Check out this story at Time Magazine!!!!!
"...She [Killefer] took a hiatus from her work at McKinsey from 1997 to 2000 to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, where she led a major modernization of the Internal Revenue Service. Clinton later appointed her to the IRS Oversight Board.I don't remember a fiasco like this for Bush nominees.• Despite her extensive knowledge of the system, she ran afoul of the IRS in 2005 when it placed a $946 tax lien on her home, accusing her of failing to pay unemployment compensation tax for her household employees. Killefer was cleared shortly thereafter.
NEWS ALERT
from The Wall Street Journal
Feb. 3, 2009
Nancy Killefer, nominated by President Obama to be the federal government's first chief performance officer, is withdrawing from the post, the White House said. An administration official confirmed that she is withdrawing over a tax problem. "On the heels of Geithner and Daschle, she just didn't want to go through with it," the official said.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123367405418643627.html?mod= djemalertNEWS
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