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So here we are -

THE US senate finance committee has voted for a tax evader to become Treasury secretary. He is likely to be confirmed by a vote on the senate floor soon.

Be in no doubt that is what Tim Geithner is. I'm not sure what is more amazing about this case: the virtually free pass he has been given by the media, the toothless opposition of the Republicans or the magnitude of Obama's first betrayal of his ideals.

In 2006 the Internal Revenue Service discovered that Geithner had not paid he had failed to pay taxes in 2003 and 2004 because he had incorrectly believed they were deducted at source by the IMF, where he had moved after serving the treasury in the Clinton administration. He duly paid about $17,230 in back taxes and interest.

After he was selected to lead the treasury in November, it was discovered as part of his vetting that he owed a further $25,970 for 2001 and 2002 as well. That was the point Obama should have dropped Geithner, instead he has championed him as the only man fit for this major job in dire times.

It is just possible that Geithner, as he claimed, made an honest mistake. But he has yet to provide a proper explanation of why when the IRS told him he was due for 2003 and 2004 he did not then realize that he owed taxes in the two earlier years. At his confirmation hearing, none of the senators asked the question **********. Geithner blamed the first mistake on the $30 Turbo Tax software programme he used to file his returns himself, and the second on his accountant
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Even if we take Mr Geithner at his word that these were "careless mistakes, avoidable mistakes", does the US really want someone who could make that kind of blunder in charge of the Treasury, and the IRS?

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Mistake, huh ? Turbo Tax is to blame ! Honest !
Geithner knew precisely what he was doing, IMO, (how could he have not ?) and later, fessed up for it, shortly after learning that he would be Obama's appointee as the United States Treasury Secretary.

√ Obama could have, just as well, retained Hanky Paulson, D, as the U.S. Treasury Secretary, I don't see any difference between Paulson and Geithner. I was expecting some real innovative policies here, C'mon !
Finance it forward - Finance it forward - Finance it forward, the socialization of as many private entities as possible continues and not a peep about the governments' "failure"of oversight, in the realm of banking, credit and financial markets.
I don't believe for a second that what we're experiencing today is a failure, BTW, and I'll leave it there.

√ Like bush, Obama wastes no time in sucking up to the ultra, oil wealthy Arabs, his first Televised interview as President of the United States of America is rewarded to El Arabya !, :nono:
bush, as I recall, was scolded severely by his political counterparts for meeting with Arabic leaders, and here we have more of the same.

Aside, and back up to the top for a sec. -
Since when are crimes committed defined as "mistakes" ? I cannot put my finger on precisely when and where that started (?) . . it's just more dangerous revisionism.

Same 'ol same 'ol :helpme:
One wears a "D" . . the other, an "R"
I'm not here to criticize the President, I'm just pointing out the similarities between the horrible former and the new.

More to follow, I'm sure.