I think that's a rather bold and inaccurate statement. The majority of dem's I know do pay their taxes.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ohio mark Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 2:46 PM To: PoliticalForum Subject: Re: Washington Post: One Third Of Obama's Appointees Are Tax Cheats that is why dems have no problem raising taxes. they don't pay them anyway. On Mar 7, 1:21 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > *Good Thing All's Quiet at Treasury These Days*http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/01/AR200.. . > > By Al Kamen <http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/al+kamen/> > Monday, March 2, 2009; Page A15 > > Former Fed chief *Paul Volcker* last week called the personnel situation at > the Treasury Department "shameful." > > "The secretary of the Treasury is sitting there without a deputy, without > any undersecretaries, without any, as far as I know, assistant secretaries," > Volcker said, "at a time of very severe crisis." > > *President Obama*'s press secretary, *Robert Gibbs*, asked by a reporter for > comment, said he "wouldn't quite agree with everything that our friend Mr. > Volcker said," adding: "I don't think that the secretary is alone at the > Treasury Department. I think there are many able people assisting him." > > Maybe so, but Secretary *Timothy F. Geithner* still does not have a deputy > or Senate-confirmed undersecretaries or assistant secretaries to help him. > And it's not because the Senate has been going at its traditional, > snail-like pace confirming people. (That will be, as sure as night follows > day, a problem down the road.) The fact is, the White House has sent no > nominations to the Senate for any of those positions. > > And the problem, as Volcker also noted, is a severe case of Daschle-itis -- > with a strong dose of Geithner-itis -- that has sparked an intense spate of > re-vetting of potential nominees. We've heard the process compared to some > rather unpleasant medical procedures. According to one estimate, as many as > a third of potential nominees were found to have had some tax questions to > answer. > > During February, after its breakneck pace through January, the Obama White > House formally nominated only six people and announced its intention to > nominate 15 others, according to a data analysis by our colleague *Sarah > Cohen* in cooperation with the New York University Wagner School of Public > Service's Presidential Transition Project. (This count doesn't reflect White > House intentions revealed over the weekend to nominate Kansas Gov. *Kathleen > Sebelius* as secretary of health and human services .) Seven Obama officials > were confirmed by the Senate in February, the data show, in addition to > three former Bush administration officials who are remaining in their jobs > and do not require Senate confirmation. > > As it stands, the Obama team is still ahead of the Bush and Clinton > transitions. Using a comparable set of positions, Obama has announced 65 > appointments and sent 31 nominations to the Senate for confirmation. *George > W. Bush* had nominated 21 people by the end of February 2001, and *Bill > Clinton* had named 26 at the same point in 1993. (Obama has chosen seven > additional people for jobs that are newly created or are not counted in the > historical records.) > > *A CHOICE FOR EEOC* > > As we reported online Friday, it looks as if *Cassandra Q. Butts*, deputy > White House counsel and former Harvard Law School classmate and close friend > of the president's, is the pick to be head of the troubled Equal Employment > Opportunity Commission, which has been beset by shrinking staff, plummeting > morale and a growing backlog of job discrimination cases to investigate. > > Butts, a member of Obama's innermost circle, was a longtime aide to *Richard > A. Gephardt* (D-Mo.) during Gephardt's days in the House, and more recently > she has been a senior vice president for domestic policy at the Center for > American Progress. > > Should she take the post, Butts would provide a much-needed spark to the > 44-year-old commission, which has been seen by civil rights advocates as > something of a castoff in recent years. She also would trade a view of the > well-manicured South Lawn and the cuisine of the White House mess for a view > of stop-and-go New York Avenue and value meals at the nearby Wendy's. > > *A TOP AIDE FOR PANETTA* > > CIA Director *Leon Panetta* has made *Jeremy B. Bash* his chief of staff. > Bash has been the chief counsel of the House Permanent Select Committee on > Intelligence, first under Rep. *Jane Harman* (Calif.) when she was the > ranking Democrat and more recently under Chairman Rep. *Silvestre > Reyes*(D-Tex.). > > The main part of Bash's committee portfolio was the CIA. He also worked on > the Obama transition's intelligence team and helped steer Panetta through > the confirmation process. Bash, like Obama and so many others in the > administration, is part of the Harvard Law School mafia. > > *MOVING IN . . .* > > Interior Secretary *Ken Salazar* last week announced his top > spinmeisters: *Betsy > Hildebrandt*, most recently senior manager for technology marketing and > communication at Accenture, is to be his director of communications, > and *Kendra > Barkoff*, former media coordinator for Sen. *Richard J. Durbin* (D-Ill.) and > more recently press secretary for Sen. *Robert P. Casey Jr.* (D-Pa.), to be > press secretary. > > There's also chatter that Salazar is moving to fill key positions at the > department. Some names floating include *Lucy Blake*, former director of the > California League of Conservation Voters and former president of the Sierra > Business Council, to be assistant secretary for land and minerals; *Mike > King*, deputy director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and > former state assistant attorney general, to be director of the Bureau of > Land Management; and, *Anne Castle*, a Denver lawyer specializing in water > issues, to be assistant secretary for water and science. > > *MOVING ON . . .* > > Top Bush administration official *Sean McCormack*, who had been assistant > secretary of state for public affairs and the State Department's chief > spokesman and before that the chief spokesman for the National Security > Council, has found a new perch as vice president for communications at > Boeing. > > *Sean M. Spicer*, former communications director of the House Budget > Committee and then of the House Republican Conference and more recently > assistant U.S. trade representative for media and public affairs, has > launched a PR and strategy firm, Endeavour Global Strategies. > > *Mike Sheehy*, national security adviser to House Speaker *Nancy > Pelosi*(D-Calif.) and 30-year House veteran, is off to work in the > private sector. > Pelosi's new national security adviser will be *Wyndee R. Parker*, now > deputy staff director and general counsel for the House intelligence > committee. > > President Obama, Looking Presidential.jpg > 35KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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