Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver

[Brittain33]

It amazes me how common it is for people in positions of power to not understand their taxes. Daschle's case makes sense to me because he was on public service salaries his whole life and then, after his defeat, entered a realm of great wealth as a lobbyist. So he didn't know what he was doing--I seriously doubt he intended to scam anyone, any more than Geithner did. What does it say about them and about our tax system that this keeps happening? I don't deny this is a problem.

Hire accountants, people!

[Brittain33]

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that if you receive free services in the context of employment, that you have an income issue for tax purposes. I am not really willing to assume that Daschle didn't have a clue about this. I suspect he just trimmed a bit out of well, yes, greed.

We'll see. I'm trying hard not to be results-oriented on this case.

[Brittain33]

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that if you receive free services in the context of employment, that you have an income issue for tax purposes. I am not really willing to assume that Daschle didn't have a clue about this. I suspect he just trimmed a bit out of well, yes, greed.

We'll see. I'm trying hard not to be results-oriented on this case.

I don't favor denying the annoying "midget" his appointment over this issue by the way, for the record.

Ok, and to be absolutely clear, I wasn't accusing you of being results-oriented. Having a Democratic administration to defend is a novelty for me.