The $64,000 (before taxes) question
Posted by Ron Coleman on February 3, 2009
Roland Dodds wants to know: “Do any Democrats pay taxes?”
Well, not the rich ones who are in politics, it appears. And why should they? It’s not as if tax evasion is slowing down any of their political careers or anything.
It’s different when you’re on the side of the angels, after all. Ever see a cat with a halo and a harp trudging over to H&R Block? I thought not.
UPDATE: It’s a growing refrain.
NEW UPDATE: Scott Ott reports that they’ve got it figured out now:
Just minutes after two of President Barack Obama’s nominees withdrew today over failure to pay their tax obligations, the president reportedly requested and received from the IRS the official list of wealthy Democrats who have filed accurate tax returns, and whose accounts are paid up. . . .
From now on, the White House said, the nomination process will start with a “white list” from the Internal Revenue Service.
Roland Dodds said
My oh my….. a white list from the IRS…
Is it too much to ask that all our elected officials qualify for the “white list”, or is this just the ravings of some radical idealist?
David Nieporent said
Best analysis, from a comment over at Volokh:
Or, it may be that this is all an Obama plan to balance the budget and pay for all the new entitlements he wants.
Keep nominating wealthy and powerful Democrats to office and the money owed in back taxes just keeps pouring into the coffers of the Treasury!