WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Dallas, Texas, Mayor Ron Kirk, who is President Obama's nominee to be the U.S. trade representative, owes nearly $10,000 in taxes. He's the fourth Obama pick that has come under fire for tax issues.
Kirk's tax returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007 were reviewed by the Senate Finance Committee as part of the vetting process, according to a report released by the committee Monday.
The committee found that Kirk failed to report as income $37,750 in honoraria collected for 16 speaking engagements at Austin College over those three years. One year, he deducted honoraria from four events as charitable donations though he hadn't reported them as income, according to the committee report.
I forget who it was that made this observation, but it bears repeating: No wonder Democrats love raising taxes. They don't pay 'em anyways...
That's four tax dodgers now. It appears as though Obama's appointees will be going 50:50, as Kirk looks likely to gain the nomination. Tom Daschle went down in flames (G-d, do I love typing that) as well as Nancy Killefer, whereas Tim Geithner has been approved. I think it's time for a new slogan:
Barack Obama. Reinvigorating the US Economy, one Democratic tax cheat at a time.
That is all.
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Remember the application for joining the Obama staff that was on the web? Where they ask about gun ownership?
Why didn't they include the question "Are you a tax cheat"?
Obama is turning to be everything that conservatives and libertarians thought he would be.
Seems to be more than a bit of buyer's remorse on the left.
I guess the idea of voting for Obama just blinded too many people to the reality of what Obama the President would inevitably have to be.
I'm starting to get the feeling that Obama is in seriously over his head. I think he went into this thinking that it would all be like Chicago, not realizing that there are other places with politics and politicians just as corrupt.
So far they've only sniped at him for little things here and there.
But make no mistake - the speed and fury with which they took down Blagojevich was a warning to Barry. No doubt about that.
He sings, Barry's in a tight spot, I tell you what.
Makes you wonder just what Joe Biden knows...
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