Timothy Geithner, a known tax cheat, who failed to pay all his taxes on income received from the International Monetary Fund between 2001-2004, was confirmed yesterday as the Treasury Secretary.
The vote was 60-34.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, didn't buy the "careless mistakes" argument of Geithner. Said Collins, “It has become clear to me that this is not merely a matter of complexity leading to mistakes, but of inexcusable negligence.”
Anotherdissenting voice was Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. who noted that “nominees for positions that do not oversee tax reporting and collection have been forced to withdraw their nomination for more minor offenses. They have been ridden out of town on a verbal rail. The fact that we’re in a global economic crisis is not a reason to overlook these errors. The Senate, is not supposed to be a group of ‘yes’ men.”
Even Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa stated the obvious. "How can Mr. Geithner speak with any credibility or authority?”
Remember, we were sold on Geithner because he is supposed to be a financial guru/genius of sorts. And of course it makes perfect sense to those who voted yes, that the man now in charge of the IRS cheated on his own taxes.
Byron York, from National Review Online has noted that Geithner even took "Reimbursement for Taxes He Didn’t Pay."
Geithner knowingly took something that did not belong to him. I think there is a name for that. Oh yeah, it is called theft in some parts of the country.
Just another example of change you can count on from the Obama administration and from spineless RINO's, just trying to get along by going along.
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