Showing posts with label Health and Human Services secretary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health and Human Services secretary. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Didn't Daschle learn anything from Leona Helmsley?

When she famously said, "only the little people pay taxes," guess what? WRONG! Even though he hustled to write his overdue checks, it was a little too late. Obama admitted, "I fucked screwed up."

Obama's nominee to be Health and Human Services secretary thought he would be able to get past his tax problems, but the national political climate changed.

The withdrawal of Tom Daschle's nomination Tuesday as secretary of Health and Human Services reflected public outrage White House recognition that his tax problems were igniting anger over an apparent double standard: that Washington insiders could be careless about their taxes while ordinary Americans had to sacrifice.

Blah, Blah, Blah...click the title link for the full (and actual) LA Times article.

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