I’m Not Qualified to be Treasury Secretary

January 22, 2009 by Jeremy.

I am not qualified for this position because I actually pay my taxes. Who knew that would keep me out of such a prestigious position. I really had faith that my government and my new President would not let this go any further than it already has.

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“The Senate Finance Committee decided Thursday that Timothy Geithner’s tax problems should not imperil his nomination for treasury secretary, voting 18-5 to recommend confirmation in the full Senate. ”

Seriously? They think that a guy that doesn’t pay his taxes is qualified for this job. I would think that would be on the top of the list personally. It does seem rather important.

“The committee vote came a day after Geithner had appeared before the panel to apologize for what he called “careless mistakes” in failing to pay $34,000 in taxes earlier in the decade when he worked at the International Monetary Fund.”

I want you to try that same excuse to the IRS when you don’t pay your taxes this year. Let me know how that works out for you!

“I am disappointed that we are even voting on this,” said Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo. “In previous years, nominees who made less serious errors in their taxes than this nominee have been forced to withdraw.”

That seems very logical to me. This laughs in the face of Common Sense and you know here at CT that is our driving force. I hope this is not a foreshadowing of more bad choices and a failure to use plain Common Sense by our new President.

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