When Hypocrisy Matters »
Posted By LibertyKnight 11 months ago in Political News
Obama's top appointees to the Treasury and Health and Human Services remind us of what's so infuriating about politicians preaching one thing and doing another.
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nostalgia11 months ago
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We are being fed a real crock about Prince Timothy's tax problem
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Timothy Geithner, President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee for Treasury secretary, says he didn’t pay his federal self-employment taxes for four years because he “forgot.” That is no longer a credible explanation in view of today’s reporting by National Review’s Byron York. Geithner accepted reimbursement from the International Monetary Fund specifically to cover federal taxes totaling $42,702 he had not paid, according to Senate confirmation documents examined by York.
This is damning because on the IMF’s Annual Tax Allowance Request, Geithner promised to “pay the taxes for which I have received tax allowance payments...” In truth, he didn’t pay those taxes until it was brought to his attention, first by the IRS in 2006, and now as part of the vetting process for his Treasury nomination.
Geithner received an annual reminder from the IMF that he owed self-employment taxes. He applied for a reimbursement each year from 2001 through 2004, but then pocketed the cash instead of forwarding it to the IRS. Doing so four years in a row is not merely an “honest mistake,” as the Obama transition team maintains. Unless he’s comfortable with a tax scofflaw overseeing the IRS, Obama should withdraw Geithner’s nomination.
You can read the entire article here:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzJjOGQyODY2Z...-
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slate11 months ago
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canadianrancher5711 months ago
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I was listening to this on one of the tv stations and the mentioned that the IMF had a person who was supposed to help people with the filling out of taxes so he was aware of what was going on. To me this is strike two against this guy when you look at his involvement with the banking crisis. I'm not an American but this guy is not the right man for this job , same old crap just in a differnt wrapper.
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icono111 months ago
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FTA
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" Furthermore, from the perspective of liberty, Geithner's villainy is not in the fact that he might have hired an illegal alien so much as it is in the hypocrisy by which he and so many other government officials hold themselves to a standard of law radically different from that to which they hold the rest of us."
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nostalgia11 months ago
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Now let's see. Who had illegal alien problems and weren't appointed because of the uproar by members of Congress
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Linda Chavez, Kimba Wood and Zoe Baird come to mind
May be even more than govt officials being held to a different standard
Looks more like powerful men being held to a different standard
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CHAM11 months ago
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A good and telling article. Are we facing another 4 years of business as usual? Time will tell but don't bet against it. Being a Self-Employed person, I can say with certainty that if I even make an honest mistake ( such as under estimating the quarterly payments, I have to pay the penalty - I did last year).
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And here this creep gets away with not paying for four years. Bet I'd be in the jailhouse for the same behavior.
Want to really compare the rich and famous with us ordinaries?
Let's see Madoff stole $50 Billion but gets to stay in his $7 Million Apartment probably for years if he is ever brought to trial. A couple names their kid Hitler and the Social Services people take their child from them for the dumb but perfectly legal act.
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slate11 months ago
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k9kssr11 months ago
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I thought all of the appointees were given a thorough vetting and had to fill out extensive questionares in order to be even considered. Who do you think is doing the vetting? Emmanuel, Jarret, who?
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Hillary's confirmation was a lovefest, but then like she said in the primary, all her dirty laundry has been dug through before. -
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thoughtforsale11 months ago
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For me, hypocracy seems to be part of the political business. Doing exactly the opposite of what one demands of the rest is quite a common phenomenon. When it comes to tax paying, you need some special knowledge or good (and expensive)advisers not to have to pay. A normal citizen will perhaps (intendedly or unintendely)sometimes pay less than he would have had to, but he will soon be punished, because the more you have, the more legal possibilities are there to get your taxes back into your purse, often even more than you have payed before!
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Albmore11 months ago
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$150 million. As Americans are losing their homes their jobs and have NO idea if we will fall into a total drepression. NO this is NO change. This is a flaunt of the dynasty OUR government has become. Office appointees being reviewed by others who are in the same game. The sad thing is Americans will watch as they watch the oscars.Not thinking of the divided classes,and where their next meal will come from.
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We allow Our reps. to live like royality as we suffer as peasants. Not only do we not cry out against it, we supprot it and then wonder why we are where we are. -
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ghstfalcon11 months ago
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I see a going theme here. The more corrupt you are, the more qualified you are to be part of the new presidental cabinet! Am I surprised? Nope, Obama had already shown that he's not a judgemental person during the campaign when his past associates were being drug out of the dumpster. How admirable. He's just a lucky sort of guy that still had a long list of the same to bring with him to Washington.
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Too bad the Gov of IL got in trouble, so that he was not a viable possibility for a position. He would have made a fine addition to this motley group...-
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Goppy11 months ago
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More whining, KISA452a.
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Mainstream media has been pushing John McCain for quite a few years.
MSNBC especially had a love affair with McCain. Chris Matthews alone made it his mission to elect McCain.
FOX and SBC had John McCain on their airwaves 24/7 ... while they compared Obama's ideas as akin to Socialism.
The news about Obama related to the historical nature of his being the first Black to make a serious run for President.
And even THAT wouldn't have been an issue if Southerners hadn't held onto bigotry with an iron fisted grip so long after it was no longer an issue elsewhere in the world.
See?
Bigots and Conservatives created the terra firma for Obama to become a news item.
As a Mainstream, Centrist American ... who likes to see social progress ... I should tip my hat to the historical bigotry of those who unerringly inhabit the Modern Republican Party.
But, I'm sure you will continue to run on and on about MSM being favorable to Obama - I recognize this is a Religious Sacrament to my fellow Christian Conservatives.
Good Luck ... and God Bless!
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willottica11 months ago
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Maybe, or maybe the more qualified you are, the more chance you will have been corrupted. The Washington group seems to be one of low morals. Those most qualified by conventional standards may be those with the most experience, and in the process of gaining that experience, it seems they have fallen to their baser instincts and bent a few laws for their own benefit.
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4thchance11 months ago
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"DEMOCRITES"
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Hypocrite Democrats = DEMOCRITES, fits well doesn't?
By the way, IGNORANCE is no excuse when breaking laws.
I only wish I could not pay any of my taxes, then when I get caught, I'll just say, I did realize I had to pay taxes. Do ya think the IRS would give me a break on that. NO WAY! But since this guy is a Democrite, he will get a pass, watch and see. Anyone else getting sick of this hypocrisy that we have to face ever day, I know I sure the hell am getting sick and tired of it!-
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UpholdOurConsitution11 months ago
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How about about politicrites? Ya know, since it's not just one side or the other... It is, in fact, BOTH sides that are corrupted. How about Bush saying he upheld the Constitution?!?!? I almost fainted! The entire system is corrupt and must be fixed before relief will be felt. http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4080
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Goppy11 months ago
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"REPUBLICRITES"
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Hypocrite Republicans=REPUBLICRITES, fits well, doesn't it?
Although, after 8 years of the Bush Administration, (the model for the Modern Republican Party) they were not as guilty of hiding their hypocrisy.
The Bush Administration simply BULLYIED their way through one hypocrisy after another ... and said to the nation ... if you ain't with us, you are against us.
And you know what?
The American people finally got sick of the Morally Vacant Hypocrisy of the Right ... and everywhere you look across America ... Right Wing legislators have been tossed out of office.
I'm willing to give Obama a chance.
Why?
Because I'm a Patriotic AMERICAN first.... a Centrist second.
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Hhussk11 months ago
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I'm willing to give Obama a chance
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Regardless of our opinions, Obama will be given his chance. The point of the article is hypocrisy.
"Change we can belive in"
"Hope"
"Change from the politics of old"
President-elect Obama has nominated Timothy Geithner for his secretary of treasury, a man who avoided paying taxes for four years. Timothy Geithner has never worked in the private sector. And now, even though he has avoided paying taxes, Obama wants to put him in charge of the IRS.
As well, President-elect Obama has nominated Eric Holder to become his Attorney General, a man who was culpable in the Clinton pardoning of Marc Rich, a pedafile who escaped the country with millions of dollars.
Was this what Obama meant when he said "Change we can believe in" and "Less of the same old-style Washington politics"? In the Democrat Primaries, then Senator Obama blasted Hillary Clinton on the policies of her husband, including her stances on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, he has nominated her to Secretary of State, Rahm Emmanuel to Chief of Staff, and Leon Panetta, a man who has no experience in the intelligence community, to become the CIA chief. It appears that Obama is surrounding himself with the same people he stated were "more of the same" in Washington politics.
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KISA452a11 months ago
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Saddly, you missed the news for the last year. Even Hillary complained about media bias. But then, she lied too I guess. Even talking to my friends who were big BO fans (including those who worked for his campaign), they admitted that they had no idea what McCain stood for since they NEVER heard from him. That is the media loveaffair... Did they love him years ago? Maybe. But do you realize that McCain was running this time not GWB? Probably not since that message never made it through the iron curtain of media.
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Even in previous debates on here, people on your side have defended the news blackout by saying that Hill and BO were the story and McCain wasn't. They almost never disagree that McCain was not allowed a voice. They just admit it, say they think this was the right decision and move on.
And luckily the news was wililng to point out, ad noseum, that BO was black. That way he could pretend to run, not as a black candidate but as a Democrat, while making sure the news that he was black still got out. Nice, neat little package. -
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lfergie81211 months ago
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Oh I saw a lot of news coverage of McCain during the campaign. McCain was on trying to say he was no Bush after endorsing all his policies by stating how strong the economy was a few months before it collapsed and Palin accusing Obama of being a terrorist because he sat on the same committee as Ayers. He was on many talk shows so any comments of a lack of media coverage of McCain only shows that you can't get your nose out of FOX's posterior.
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Hhussk11 months ago
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Oh I saw a lot of news coverage of McCain during the campaign.
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McCain coverage was great; that is agreeable. According to the Pew Research Center, his coverage was extremely unfavorable, by a margin of 4 to 1, while Obama's press coverage was more favorable than unfavorable by the same margin.
Did McCain have enough money (from public financing) to run a 30 minute special?
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Hhussk11 months ago
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It appears that the defense of President-elect Obama's hypocrisy is conducted by referring to George W. Bush, John McCain, and Republicans in general.
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Obama said these people were the "problem", and that electing him would be a change from the Washington politics of old. Yet, now that he is nominating people with corrupt and troubled backgrounds, many people seem to suggest that it is ok because President Bush did it.
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tadair91911 months ago
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What a good website. Thanks for the link.
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By the way, I will never understand how Democrats in particular spent 8 years (justly) complaining about war, about the infringement of civil liberties, and unsound economics -- yet, are now apologizing for the cabinet picks, the war in afghanistan, and warrantless spying.-
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jovial11 months ago
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That is hypocritical, and people that backed those policies to this day remain on my Sh!t list. I think that was a major reason why people on the left didn't vote for Clinton. All those who voted for the war, voted for the patriot act and approved torture, your days are numbered. If I have my way, you won't be representing the people of America too much longer. I'll do my best to get you voted out.
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jovial11 months ago
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Well if it isn't the sour grapes committee out in full force!Given the pool of people Obama has to pick from, he would be hard pressed to find anyone that hasn't been tainted. Remember, all those big time money handlers are dirty. In this case he has to pick one of the dirty ones, dust him off, and use him anyway.
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CRYMTYPHON11 months ago
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What is the most sure way to wake up, - splashed by a bucket of cold water, or have a bugle blast in your ear?
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To listen to the right-wing sound alarms over hypocrisy,
is cold-water and bugle blast together .
We should listen; they know the bitter price of hypocrisy, and they warn us to avoid the fate that swallowed their dignity and pride.
The appointment should be reconsidered.
If we support hypocrites we become hypocrites;
and Propeller supporters of Obama will begin sounding like [ insert name of right-wing propeller poster here ];
at worst we could even begin talking like [insert right-wing propeller poster here ].
And the threat of that should wake anyone up .
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