The majority of dem's I know do pay their taxes --- assumption noted I have found that those who try to avoid paying the taxes they owe belong to both the dnc and gop. They're all scum.
On Mar 8, 9:31 am, "Maryam" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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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