Kathleen Sibelius
For an administration that loves taxes, it is sure is ironic how many of President Obama's cabinet nominees have problems paying their own taxes. Now it has been disclosed that Kansas Governor and Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sibelius has repaid almost $8,000 in back taxes for the years 2005-07. As usually happens, once someone is nominated and the vetting begins, past errors are discovered-or the nominee decides it's time to pay up.
Nonetheless, even Republican senators like Charles Grassley are saying mox nix-no big deal. Honest mistake they say. Maybe so. (The errors have to do with charitable deductions, the sale of a home and business expenses.
But isn't it also ironic that Governor Sibelius' state, Kansas, has also delayed sending tax refunds to its citizens? No money they say.
At what point do people conclude that there are different rules for different people? At what point do people conclude that the series of Obama cabinet nominees who haven't paid their taxes in full represent not an aberration or two-but a pattern?
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