That was then:
Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.
Sen. Tom Daschle
Congressional Record, May 7, 1998, p. S4507.
This is now:
The New York Times
Daschle Knew of Tax Issues Over Car Use Last June
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ROBERT PEAR
Published: January 31, 2009WASHINGTON — President Obama’s choice for health secretary, Tom Daschle, was aware as early as last June that he might have to pay back taxes for the use of a car and driver provided by a private equity firm, but did not inform the Obama transition team until weeks after Mr. Obama named him to the health secretary’s post, senior administration officials said Saturday.
(…)
“It’s totally shocking,” an aide to a Democratic senator said Saturday. “Why do we have to continue to have the same story over and over again with these nominees?”
(emphasis mine)
Mr. Daschle, who has paid the back taxes with interest, is the latest of Mr. Obama’s cabinet choices who have run into trouble, and the revelations about his finances — which include more than $300,000 in income from health-related companies that he might regulate as secretary — raise questions about the presidential vetting process, as well as Mr. Obama’s ability to keep his pledge to run an administration free of outside influence.
This is the reality:
Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?
Johnny Rotten
Winterland, San Francisco, January 14, 1978
(via NRO)
(crossposted at Chef Mojo)
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He got charged only $11,000 dollars interest on $128,000 dollars???????? I got a bill from the IRS not too long ago, we owed a lot less than Daschle and our interest was WAY more than $11,000 and we got fined as well (it’s there mistake, not ours and we have lawyers, but still). Good thing we have equal treatment under the law, right?