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corysub -> RE: Another Obama nominee Tax Evader bites the dust... (2/3/2009 1:59:14 PM)
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ORIGINAL: rulemylife
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ORIGINAL: corysub
You are going to compare tax evasion to a guy who made a comment at the Strom Thurmond's birthday party! Is that all it takes these days to get someone knickers in a bunch...Any facts to support that Trent Lott actually was a racist? If you are going to judge every southerner for actions over the years since reconstruction we might as well seperate out into the gray and blue again. Seems democrats harp on every word uttered by a republican, demand death, firing, or dismemberment, and yet look the other way and honor people like Sen. Robert Byrd, a former leader in the KKK, or a Jessie Jackson who refered to NYC as "Himmie Town". If you want to pick on a racist party...look to the democrats who had a Governor stand in the door to block little children from entering a school because of their color, or a democrat Congress that fought the Civil Rights Act of 1964! Sorry...I don't by todays thinly guised hatred for Bush, for republican, for anyone to the right of Barney Frank as a reason for concern over racism. Not these days, and not after white people elected a black president. I think the Obama is a 100% threat to the economic health and safety of our country...but that opinion is based on his radical life history...not the color of his black father. And I sure as hell don't like him 50% because he is half white!...his color is a "distraction" used by liberals.
No, I'm not.
You did.
I was only pointing out that what you referred to as Lott's innocent joke clearly wasn't. In fact, it really wasn't even a joke, it was a statement. I invite you to look back into the C-Span coverage to remind yourself.
As far as the rest of this nonsense, I'm not going to enter a pissing match about which party was more racist.
You started the comparison between Lott and the appointees' tax problems. Which, by the way, as has been previously pointed out numerous times by various posters, cannot be considered tax evasion until those charges are filed against them.
It's not racism that I'm bringing out..it's th unlevel playing field the media has towards republicans. One "comment" from a republican and he is thrown to the wolves. Not paying taxes that are lawfully due to the United States of America, by a person that knows more about taxes that 99.9% of the people in the country I would call "tax EVASION"...not an "inadvertent error"...certainly not by the man who was selected and is now sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury and also heads the IRS! Gimme a break...if any of us had done what Geithner did we would be in the clink...not a posh Washington. D.C. office with a car and driver!
Every employee of the IMF receives a Tax Manual that discusses the possible tax consequences from the home country of the employee. Their salary is clearly stated as Net/Net in that the IMF "grosses up" annual income to pay federal taxes for all workers, no matter what country. Quarterly memo's are also sent to each employee regarding their possible local tax liability.
Can anyone look with a straight face and state that Mr. Geithner did not know he had to pay taxes when he took the equivalent amount of taxes due paid to him by the IMF as a "bonus" , I guess..and didn't pay taxes on that either.
Do people on the left truly believe that this man did not hide his income from the IRS and, in affect, defrauded the American public that pays their taxes or loses their home, their business, garnishment of salary...and every other punishment from the IRS. I'. sorry...but I have no sympathy for this kind of crook...who is now in a position to audit everyone in America that pisses him off! Gimme a break! The foxes have taken over the chicken coop!...
http://www.imf.org/external/np/adm/rec/policy/salary.htm
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