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Botnst · #16 01-31-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Lots of conservative voices here.

Amazing how the so-called reformist liberals are silent, isn't it?

How audacious!

POS · #17 01-31-2009, 03:55 PM

They're too busy trying to figure out how you can blame an ex-President for this.

al76slc · #18 01-31-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Lots of conservative voices here.

Hey Tom ... Just quoting that notorious conservative rag....

the NY Times

mwood · #19 01-31-2009, 04:02 PM

The problem is there are NO choices on either side that don't have skeletons like this.

mgburg · #20 01-31-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Palangi

Change, change, change, change, change, change, change, change, change, change, change, change, change, etc, etc, etc......

You know, if you say it long enough, and loud enough, not only do your neighbors start looking at you strangely, but it starts to sound like you're saying, "Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching! etc., etc., etc., ...

BTW: Did you know that Ka-Ching is Ba-da-Bing Ching's oldest brother, born just west of East New Jersey? I've heard that Ka-Ching is a very close personal friend to the Clintons. So watch what you say 'bout 'dem!

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

mgburg · #21 01-31-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dynalow

... In December, 2008, the senators accountant contacted InterMedia while compiling information for Senator Daschles financial disclosure reports. InterMedia then discovered that the May, 2007 consulting fee payment had been omitted from the Form 1099 and notified the accountant. InterMedia personnel explained to Committee staff that the regular accounts payable (AP) clerk was on maternity leave when the May payment was due The temporary AP clerk completed a wire-transfer for the payment to the senator instead of following the usual procedure of issuing a check on the first Friday of each month. The wire-transfer was not posted to the normal InterMedia account and therefore it was not included in the 2007 Form 1099 that was issued.
Senator Daschle reported the $83,333 missed payment as income on the amended 2007 tax return. InterMedia Advisors filed a corrected Form 1099 on January 7, 2009. ...

Who gets a 1099 and DOESN'T DOUBLE-CHECK IT against what they hope they received? Is this clown SO F***IN' RICH HE DOESN'T GIVE A *HIT? If I pulled this garbage, I'd have so many penalities layed on me that three months' salary wouldn't be able to pay it off. (Where's the "Smiley" that's giving you the "finger"?)

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Originally Posted by dynalow

...Charitable Contributions

During the vetting process, the Presidential Transition Team identified certain donations that did not qualify as charitable deductions because they were not paid to qualifying organizations. Senator Daschle adjusted his contribution deductions on his amended returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007 to remove these amounts and add additional contributions ...

Daschle: "Quick...find a blank check book, write out some checks. We'll copy them on the machine and send in the front side only...that should cover the non-qualified deductions I originally had in there..." (We really need an "FU-Smiley")

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Originally Posted by dynalow

...Outstanding Issues

Committee staff still is reviewing whether travel and entertainment services provided to the Daschles by EduCap, Inc., Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation, Academy Achievement, and Loan to Learn should be reported as income.

In response to Committee staff inquiries, the senator provided additional documentation for the Daschles charitable contributions for 2005, 2006, 2007. Staff notes that while copies of checks were provided, the proper donee acknowledgement for contributions over $250 was not provided for many of the charitable contributions as required for deductibility. The returns were not amended for these amounts.

Here's a tip for the next examiner...ask for the original check or the obverse side of the front to see if the check even made it through the regular banking process...then have the "charity" provide deposit information that would match whatever "Tommy-TwoTone" is singing at the moment... ("FU-Smiley," yet?)

I don't even WANT TO KNOW what his ideas are for Health & Human Services...whatever he says won't mean spit once the words pass his lips...the only thing that would mean what was spoken is him saying, "Bend over and spread 'em!"

THAT, we know already...

mgburg · #22 01-31-2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MTI

Perhaps Einstein was right about taxes.

Do tell...

t walgamuth · #23 01-31-2009, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

Amazing how the so-called reformist liberals are silent, isn't it?

How audacious!

What, you want me to defend him?

I don't pretend to know what happened or why. It would simply be guessing. He did bring it up and pay the taxes though, so I suppose he has no issue with the IRS.

Did he simply misunderstand or intend to avoid paying taxes? I don't know. Truth is most folks don't really care. Cheating a little on taxes is percieved by most folks about as serious as speeding a little. Not a blip on the radar screen.

BTW, I once got a letter from the IRS for a check paid to me for fees or rent, I don't remember which. I had lost the form for it. I don't remember the details. They notified me like three years later and IIRC I had to pay the tax, a late penalty and interest.

I am sure late fees and interest were paid by Daschle as well.

Who cares?

It doesn't much compare to taking bribes or defrauding stockholders.

Botnst · #24 01-31-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

What, you want me to defend him?

I don't pretend to know what happened or why. It would simply be guessing. He did bring it up and pay the taxes though, so I suppose he has no issue with the IRS.

Did he simply misunderstand or intend to avoid paying taxes? I don't know. Truth is most folks don't really care. Cheating a little on taxes is percieved by most folks about as serious as speeding a little. Not a blip on the radar screen.

BTW, I once got a letter from the IRS for a check paid to me for fees or rent, I don't remember which. I had lost the form for it. I don't remember the details. They notified me like three years later and IIRC I had to pay the tax, a late penalty and interest.

I am sure late fees and interest were paid by Daschle as well.

Who cares?

It doesn't much compare to taking bribes or defrauding stockholders.

Reminds me of Clinton's promise to run the most ethical administration in history. I'll bet Bush said something similar. They all do. And every freaking time a sizable part of the population drinks the Koolaide.

You can tell who they are because they ...

Make excuses for it;
Blame it on the other side;
Everybody does it;
The other side was worse!

Audaciously sordid.

Hah!

Honus · #25 01-31-2009, 07:10 PM

Daschle's got to go, IMHO.

Palangi · #26 01-31-2009, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dculkin

Daschle's got to go, IMHO.

As I recall, the voters said the same thing a while back....

al76slc · #27 02-01-2009, 06:36 AM

NY Times picked up on the timing issue....

Today.

WASHINGTON — 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.....

Mr. Daschle did not think to mention it earlier, in part because “he thought his accountant was taking care of it,” and in part because he had no idea the amount owed would be so high.

[Guess that makes it OK. Let's move on.]

“The president believes that nobody is perfect, but that nobody is trying to hide anything,” Robert Gibbs, the president’s press secretary,

As a politician, Mr. Daschle often struck a populist note, but his financial disclosure report shows that in the last two years, he received $2.1 million from a law firm, Alston & Bird; $2 million in consulting fees from a private equity firm run by a major Democratic fundraiser, Leo Hindery Jr. (which provided him with the car and driver); and at least $220,000 for speeches to health care, pharmaceutical and insurance companies. He also received nearly $100,000 from health-related companies affected by federal regulation.

“He’s never lobbied, therefore he’s not in violation of the pledge,” Mr. Gibbs said. “The president is comfortable with Senator Daschle’s variety of experiences and backgrounds. It’s why he believes he’s best suited to the efforts to reform our health care system.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/us/politics/01daschle.html?hp

t walgamuth · #28 02-01-2009, 07:56 AM

It sounds like he has truly cashed in.

The tax issue begins to look minor in comparison to the moral issues involved. I would think that O may well ask him to withdraw his name from consideration.

Botnst · #29 02-01-2009, 08:01 AM

I don't think Daschle is actually a corrupt man and I don't think he would let his past associations and financial relations govern his future management and advocacy. To me, Daschle has always been reasonable and appeared to be a man governed by good ethical standards.

Politically I am opposed to all he wants to accomplish. I fully and unequivocally oppose socialization of medicine, which is what he and his ilk wish to impose on the taxpayer.

So morally, I believe it is unfair to tar this guy with corruption that is unfairly smeared on him. Politically? Oh well, it's a hard knocks game.