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Geithner Can't Explain His Failure to Pay Taxes
I have a new story on what is, for some senators at least, the most frustrating thing about Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner's tax problem: Geithner can't explain why he did it. Members of the Senate Finance Committee know Geithner failed to pay self-employment taxes during his ...
Gingrich urges GOP to fight Geithner
washingtontimes.com — By: Penny TO MS. Nancy Pelosi, I remember well how you denounced "Republican" corruption. Well, Madam, take another look. It is the DEMOCRAT PARTY that is the criminal enterprise, the CESSPOOL of CORRUPTION! When are you going to take on C. Rangel, B. ... (more) Gingrich urges GOP to fight Geithner
York: More Questions About Geithner
article.nationalreview.com — Questions persist about Timothy Geithners tax returns. (more) York: More Questions About Geithner
Geithner, “tax goofs,” and the go-along GOP
michellemalkin.com — My column carries the ball forward on the Tim Geithner debacle. [...] Read the rest » (more) Geithner, “tax goofs,” and the go-along GOP
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Leona Helmsley for Treasury?
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — ... of the kingdom to the people who helped bring us this mess (by that, I mean many of the incumbents in Congress), we may not want to suffer their nostrums and ministrations. But we're gonna. But that brings up Mr. Geithner again - because he's viewed as such a key member of Mr. Obama's cabinet that, for once, Mr. Obama has not thrown an inconvenient person under the bus, which says to me that Mr. Obama really really really wants this guy. Byron York has a pretty good rundown of it, over at National Review (link to the full article in the linked piece). Reading that, I was ...

Geithner’s tax troubles are not a “triviality”
Michelle Malkin — ... . That “inspires confidence?” Take a look at the new reporting by Byron York, who writes today that Geithner simply cannot explain why he failed to his self-employment taxes four separate years despite routine notification by the IMF and the feds. Here’s a letter from a self-employed Obama supporter published in the ...

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