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Tom Daschle's Forgotten Tax Dodge
Tom Daschle's Forgotten Tax Dodge
In the current controversy regarding Tom Daschle's failure to report income (and thereby evade the taxes on that income), Daschle has portrayed himself as the most honest person in America, who always intended to pay all the taxes he owes, and who simply made an honest mistake. But history ...
Op-Ed Columnist: Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long
Op-Ed Columnist: Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long
nytimes.com — It took Tom Daschle’s resignation to shake the president out of his attitude that his charmed circle doesn’t have to abide by the standards he lectured us about for two years. > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long
Editors: Daschle Goes, Geithner Stays?
article.nationalreview.com — Daschle and Killefer are, rightfully, gone. Obama should make a clean sweep of it and dismiss Geithner. (more) Editors: Daschle Goes, Geithner Stays?
Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up", CBS Evening News: President Takes Responsibility For Cabinet Picks, Explains Content Of Stimulus Package
Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up", CBS Evening News: President Takes Responsibility For Cabinet ...
cbsnews.com — (CBS) President Obama had hoped to focus today on his economic stimulus package Tuesday, and he invited a handful of journalists to the White House to talk about it. But it was all overshadowed by former Sen. Tom Daschle's withdrawing his nomination ... (more) Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up", CBS Evening News: ...
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Tom Daschle’s other tax problem
Michelle Malkin — [image] Photoshop: Leo Alberti Tax evader Tom Daschle is a serial dodger. In addition to all the “glitches” he has apologized to the Senate Finance Committee for, there’s another important episode in his financial history that bears mention. William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection has the reminder: In the current controversy regarding Tom Daschle’s failure to report income (and thereby evade the taxes on that income), Daschle has portrayed himself as the most honest person in America, who always intended to pay all the taxes he owes, and who simply made an honest mistake. But ...

Tom Daschle Is A Repeat Tax-Cheat Offender
Right Soup — ... Listening to Tom Daschle’s explanation of “forgetting” he had $88K in unreported 2007 income and a quarter million dollars worth of car services you could almost believe he was just too dumb to understand what the other hundreds of millions of Americans understand. But then you’d be neglecting to consider that this isn’t Tom Daschle’s first tax cheat session. Daschle is a repeat offender: ...

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