Tom Daschle withdraws from cabinet nomation
Tom Daschle is no longer a prospect for President Barack Obama’s cabinet post.
Daschle withdrew his name from the nomination for secretary of health and human services.
Daschle was under fire for failing to pay $128,000 in back taxes. (He claims it was an innocent mistake).
This is the second time one of Obama’s cabinet nominees has faced tax trouble. Timothy Geithner was scrutinized when he failed to pay $26,000 in back social security and Medicare taxes.
The Senate confirmed Geithner anyway as treasury secretary last month.
If I can afford to pay my taxes on my minimum wage salary, then why is it so hard for wealthy people to pay their taxes?
Obama should do a better job investigating his cabinet nominees.
As president of the United States, it shouldn’t be difficult for him to pick up the phone and ask an IRS agent which nominee has paid their taxes and which haven’t.
Tim Henley
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Good point, rich people should pay taxes, but they simply don’t. Thus the big problem with the stimulus package is a prime example . There isn’t enough tax breaks in it for the rich. Those tax breaks the politicians are screaming for will help no one but the rich. The american public should pay attention to what is going on and not what the tv media is putting out there.
President Obama’s biggest fault is having blind faith in people. He didn’t feel the need go over Timothy Geithner’s life with a microscope. This man has been around for many many years and has accomplished a lot who knew he joined the ranks of the crooks our government holds so near and dear. But I guess if President Obama nominates some more republicans everything will run smooth and we will never know about their tax problems. Those people live in a different world and simply can’t grasp not having things their way.