[LunkHead]

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I can't believe he passed muster... I agree these are not normal times.. Given that, the person responsible to leading this country out of economic disaster should at least be able to manage his or her own finances..

This guy either can't or as Dawg said he is a cheat.. Either way, it pretty bad when he is the best we can do....

Kris

[test54]

Originally Posted by LunkHead

[SIZE=1] he is the best we can do....

Kris

That is the most important thing though. atleast to me.

[Dawg]

Are you that freaking blind that you can honestly say he is the best we can do. No hes not the best we can do, I am sure there are many more people out there that dont lie on their personal or business taxes.

I honestly can not believe you just said that. My accountant doesnt allow me to fraud the Federal Government why should we allow him to draw a check paid by mine and your taxes?

[test54]

there was no accountant and he says it was an oversight. Everyone in govt. agrees that it was an oversight. If there was a better candidate then who is he?

[Dawg]

Of course they say its an oversight they dont want to look more stupid then they already do.

Give me a break you are blinded by your political beliefs Test. 35000 is not a oversight. $35 or $350 maybe, but not 35 grand I am sorry thats pure bullshit.

Some one whos not lying on there taxes, why is he the best if he can make that kind of mistake on his personal taxes then whats he going to do with billions and trillions.

[test54]

Originally Posted by Dawg

Of course they say its an oversight they dont want to look more stupid then they already do.

Give me a break you are blinded by your political beliefs Test. 35000 is not a oversight. $35 or $350 maybe, but not 35 grand I am sorry thats pure bullshit.

Some one whos not lying on there taxes, why is he the best if he can make that kind of mistake on his personal taxes then whats he going to do with billions and trillions.

Have you looked at his income statement? Have you ever had to report non-profit international income? governmental international income? this was the case here and again I do not know the intent involved here. I personally don't care as long as he paid it and got the job as he was the most qualified.

[Dawg]

What ever helps you sleep at night. I have never heard such political biased crap in my life. I dont have to look at his income statement, the only reason he paid it was so it would go away and you people would forgive him.

[LunkHead]

*snip*

At the Senate confirmation hearings, it was revealed through documentary evidence that Geithner had not paid $35,000 self-employment taxes for several years,[25] even though he had acknowledged his obligation to do so, and had filed a request for, and received, a payment for half the taxes owed.

The failure to pay self-employment taxes was noted during a 2006 audit by the Internal Revenue Service, in which Geithner was assessed additional taxes of $14,847 for the 2003 and 2004 tax years. Geithner failed to pay, or to admit his failure to pay, the self-employment taxes for the 2001 and 2002 tax years until after President-elect Obama expressed his intent to nominate Geithner to be Secretary of Treasury.[26]

He also deducted the cost of his children's sleep-away camp as a dependent care expense, when only day care is eligible for the deduction.[27] Geithner subsequently paid the IRS the additional taxes owed,[28] and was charged interest of $15,000, but was not fined for late payment.[29] In addition, his housekeeper's work authorization lapsed during the last three months she worked for him.[30]

Geithner's employer at the time, the International Monetary Fund, gives its American employees the employer's half of the payroll taxes, expecting that the employees will deposit the money with the Internal Revenue Service.[31]

*/snip*

[Dawg]

hmm lunk I am sure the bleeding hearts here will over look those facts. And still say he is the best man.

Maybe Charles Manson can say hes sorry and they will let him out of jail to.

[test54]

Dawg, not just bleeding hearts voted and think this guy is the best candidate. The most conservative in Congress voted for him as well. Even Lunkhead said he was best for the job. Just because you don't agree with someone does not make them idiots, just different.

[LunkHead]

Originally Posted by test54

Even Lunkhead said he was best for the job.

I never said he was the best we can do.... Here is what I said earlier....

Originally Posted by LunkHead

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Either way, it pretty bad when he is the best we can do....

Kris

[Dawg]

Originally Posted by test54

Dawg, not just bleeding hearts voted and think this guy is the best candidate. The most conservative in Congress voted for him as well. Even Lunkhead said he was best for the job. Just because you don't agree with someone does not make them idiots, just different.

Because Obama has already told them all to do as he says. I guess you havent heard the I trump you I am the President comments yet.

Just like the left putting words in peoples mouths. Good call lunk

[LunkHead]

I agree their are far more brilliant minds out there... We, the taxpayers, would be better served with someone who could at least manage his finances....

Sure hope he does not screw up the 800 zillion economic package money he gets or it's gonna cost us 10 times that to fix his *honest* mistakes...

Kris

[rjw3000]

He was involved in a bunch of the current bailout stuff, so I don't like him just from his decisions he made there. AIG should've went down and left to liquidate and sell off their valuable assets, not sure why him and others thought otherwise and thought saving them would make some kind of difference. It didn't.

I think someone needs to be brought in who doesn't have close ties to wall street and the major financial institutions for this job. I don't think we can truly trust any of these people to watch the hen house when they run with the foxes.

[test54]

Why do you think it made no difference? AIG has ties and investment throughout the world, I would like to hear why you think things would not be worse if AIG went under.

[rjw3000]

I would have rather they didn't bail them out, that way they would've either done Chapter 11 or sold off all their non-essential but valuable holdings to stay afloat. Nobody knew if the money would help, so that there alone made me think why not let the market decide what will happen instead of blindly throwing money at the problem hoping it will fix things. Has it really fixed things for them? It's not like nobody would've picked up certain divisions of AIG, that's for sure, they did have valuable parts as well as the bad parts.

[Dawg]

Not to mention the bail out of private industry is highly unconstitutional

[monkeypaw]

2 weeks on and the stock market has received Geithner's plan with a huge sell off to the lowest levels since 2002 (Sept. 11th induced lows). Its spitting distance from 1996-1997 levels. Well the stimulus passed the same day so who's to say.

By the way, the media never got the tax story completely right. The World Bank pays employee's taxes so that they can work anywhere in the world without having to worry about differing tax rates. So not only did he not pay those taxes, but he applied for and received the tax reimbursement.

[LunkHead]

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Everytime Obama opens his mouth, the stock market tanks.....

[monkeypaw]

Right after passing a stimulus package and homeowner bailout that will cost over $1 trillion (on top of loans to banks and automakers), he waits a week and announces plans to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term. This of course means tax increases to pay for all the spending that only politicians seem to want.

Maybe this works in some magical land, but in the real world people plan ahead. Who's going to be taking chances on new businesses, new cars, or new homes? Any wonder they're suing UBS for the names of American account holders in Switzerland? They know people are going to be moving money out of the country.