said by pnh102:Ahh, the same old "it is OK cause Obama is doing it" excuse.
Not in the slightest, and I have absolutely no idea where you get that (other than trolling). I said Obama's own screening process is what's finding these tax debts you love to slam the democrats on. I also said if the same litmus was applied to republican officials I would bet you would see the same level of tax problems. This isn't a lib/con thing. It's a political thing.
said by pnh102:If any GOP official had any tax issues, the media would have outed him or her long ago.
That is if it came to light. If the media is so resourceful how come FOX News or other media pundits didn't pull up any of this tax stuff ages ago? Show me how easy it is to get somebody's IRS audit case file and then we can talk.
said by pnh102:Government officials not paying taxes is inexcusable under any circumstance and should be an immediate and permanent disqualification for any government job at any level.
I agree wholeheartedly, but it's not my call. Maybe the fact the ones still holding their cabinet position came clean with IRS and are willing to pay up, fines and all, is enough to satisfy. I don't have a whole lot of information on the details of each of these people so I will hold final judgement until I know more.
However it's rather disingenuous to criticize Obama for his picks when he isn't aware of this until after the investigating (which again, he requires... never saw that with any Bush appointee). Obama picked the people based on their qualifications, and tax cheating (or mistakes depending on who you talk to) aside the qualifications are still valid. Does that mean they get a free pass? I don't think so, but again I'm not calling the shots. It's far too soon to say what will come of this.
Remember Bill Clinton cheated on his wife and lied about it, but he still balanced the budget and paid down out national debt better than any previous President.