DASCHLE APOLOGIZES FOR FAILING TO PAY TAXES
By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer Kevin Freking
WASHINGTON – Tom Daschle, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Health and Human Services Department, apologized Monday to the Senate panel that will decide his fate, saying he was "deeply embarrassed and disappointed" about failing to pay more than $120,000 in taxes.
Determined to salvage his nomination, Daschle wrote a letter to the top leaders of the Senate Finance Committee in which he sought to explain how he overlooked taxes on additional income for consulting work, the use of a car service and paperwork to support claims for charitable contributions.
Daschle recently filed amended tax returns for 2005-07 to report $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest....
YAHOO
You and I would go to prison.
Need I say more?
By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer Kevin Freking
WASHINGTON – Tom Daschle, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Health and Human Services Department, apologized Monday to the Senate panel that will decide his fate, saying he was "deeply embarrassed and disappointed" about failing to pay more than $120,000 in taxes.
Determined to salvage his nomination, Daschle wrote a letter to the top leaders of the Senate Finance Committee in which he sought to explain how he overlooked taxes on additional income for consulting work, the use of a car service and paperwork to support claims for charitable contributions.
Daschle recently filed amended tax returns for 2005-07 to report $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest....
YAHOO
You and I would go to prison.
Need I say more?
posted by XtnYoda at 11:13 AM
2 Comments:
yes we would go to prison!....the amazing thing is that these things only come out when these guys get nominated for a cabinet seat or such??? Wonder what else goes unnoticed on a regular basis.
Now... THAT is a GOOD question!!!
If he wouldn't have been nominated I wonder if it would have been discovered?
;-)
Good point.
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