The Obama Administration: Taxpayers need not apply
03/04/09
Second verse, same as the first:
Ron Kirk, nominated as U.S. Trade Representative in the Obama administration, owes an estimated $10,000 in back taxes from earlier in the decade and has agreed to make his payments, the Senate Finance Committee said Monday.
The committee said the taxes arise from Kirk's handling of speaking fees that he donated to his alma mater, and for his deduction of the full cost of season tickets to the Dallas Mavericks professional basketball team.
If you're currently serving in the Obama administration, and you've done your "patriotic duty" by paying your taxes, would you stand up please?
And, for all the carping during the campaign about how John McCain's campaign supposedly failed to properly vet Sarah Palin before choosing her as Veep... did these guys vet ANYONE before their subsequent nominations?!