Sued Enough Already: Bachmann went after tax scofflaws for IRS

[Winehole23]

Although there is no "official" platform that I have heard or read...

...then you will surely agree it's a bit of a stretch to call someone else "painfully uniformed" about it.

[boutons_deux]

Geithner paid his taxes on it. What's the big deal?

For a professional financial wizard, now running the US Treasury, to make a $35K tax mistake in his favor is not acceptable.

And not to pay penalty and interest like any Average Joe making the same mistake in unacceptable.

[Winehole23]

For a professional financial wizard, now running the US Treasury, to make a $35K tax mistake in his favor is not acceptable.

So one would think, but that appears not to be the case. The Senate knew of Geithner's tax troubles and confirmed him anyway.

And not to pay penalty and interest like any Average Joe making the same mistake in unacceptable.

To whom? US Senators? Geithner not paying penalties and interest like any average Joe, seemed not to be any serious hindrance to his confirmation.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Someone hide that shiny object, quick!

[boutons_deux]

unaccepatble to us Average Joe Human-Americans

Geithner obviously is part of the elite plutocracy, where the laws do not apply.

[CosmicCowboy]

...then you will surely agree it's a bit of a stretch to call someone else "painfully uniformed" about it.

Not really. He had absolutely no basis to claim that the Tea Party generally and Mic e Bachman specifically did not believe in taxes. It was a totally bogus charge.

[Winehole23]

That is correct. Rules do not apply to the elite.

[Winehole23]

Not really. He had absolutely no basis to claim that the Tea Party generally and Mic e Bachman specifically did not believe in taxes. It was a totally bogus charge.

Where does RG make these claims?

[CosmicCowboy]

Oops, apologies to RG, it was actually Boutons expanding on RG's original post.

[coyotes_geek]

I'd just like to take an irony timeout to reflect on how the conversation has shifted to how evil Tim Geitner is for not paying his taxes (until caught), inside a thread created to make fun of Mic e Bachmann for once having been employed to go after guys like him.

[boutons_deux]

The Tea bagger party's very name is ANTI-TAX.

(They completely misconstrue, in their studoed ignorance of American history, of what the Boston Tea Party was about.)

They haven't said what level ENOUGH is, or too much is, or what they would accept as low enough.

A lot them and other right wingers want ZERO taxes on corps and capital, which leaves Human-Americans carrying the entire tax burden.

Now why would that be? Because the tea bagger leaders are nothing but hired professional political operators, hit men, dirty tricksters financed by Kock Bros and other corps capitalists.

[RandomGuy]

Oops, apologies to RG, it was actually Boutons expanding on RG's original post.

S'all good. One has to expect a stray shot every now and then.

[TeyshaBlue]

I'd just like to take an irony timeout to reflect on how the conversation has shifted to how evil Tim Geitner is for not paying his taxes (until caught), inside a thread created to make fun of Mic e Bachmann for once having been employed to go after guys like him.

Delicious sauce is delicious.