36 Obama aides owe $833,000 in back taxes

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#7
Wow.

Maybe he can't fire them -- I'd bet he can -- but if I were him I'd tell each of them they have 60 days to pay up or get the f out of my office.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Wow.

Maybe he can't fire them -- I'd bet he can -- but if I were him I'd tell each of them they have 60 days to pay up or get the f out of my office.
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it'll never happen, if Holder and Geithner still have jobs, there's no way a bunch of staffers are going to get canned over less than $1 million in back taxes
 
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MG1968 said:
it'll never happen, if Holder and Geithner still have jobs, there's no way a bunch of staffers are going to get canned over less than $1 million in back taxes
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Yep, he put people forward for nomination after knowing they hadn't paid their taxes - the only way he'd move on these people now is because they dilute his message.
 
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lawgator1 said:
What's wrong with dumping them for that reason?
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It's better than not dumping them but it's a cynical CYA reason rather than a principled - they ought to pay their taxes reason.

As MG pointed out, he's known about and let slide this problem when his "fair share" strategy wasn't front and center.
 
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MG1968 said:
how many people has Obama fired from his administration, for any reason?
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I have no idea.


volinbham said:
It's better than not dumping them but it's a cynical CYA reason rather than a principled - they ought to pay their taxes reason.

As MG pointed out, he's known about and let slide this problem when his "fair share" strategy wasn't front and center.
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Valid point. I can't argue against it.
 
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I hope everyone here understands the fact that it is a big difference between owing back taxes and tax cheating. I've seen people called tax cheats that owe back taxes. Two completely different things
 
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2ironVol said:
I hope everyone here understands the fact that it is a big difference between owing back taxes and tax cheating. I've seen people called tax cheats that owe back taxes. Two completely different things
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I would imagine the difference narrows when factoring in how long they've been delinquent and if they are resisting efforts to become current.

In either case, they didn't pay their "fair share".
 
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A tax cheat ought not to be part of the administration team in any event.

Someone that owes some back taxes, if they are making payments in an agreement with the IRS I don't really have a problem with.

Someone simply ignoring it, that's a problem.
 
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volinbham said:
I would imagine the difference narrows when factoring in how long they've been delinquent and if they are resisting efforts to become current.

In either case, they didn't pay their "fair share".
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Not necessarily. Some could be paying in installments, which the IRS allows when back taxes are owed. Happens all the time. When you beging to see prosecutions over it is when you can make a claim of intentional cheating.
 
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2ironVol said:
Not necessarily. Some could be paying in installments, which the IRS allows when back taxes are owed. Happens all the time. When you beging to see prosecutions over it is when you can make a claim of intentional cheating.
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Not what I meant - I meant time being delinquent (and aware) but not in a negotiated payback.
 
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VOLatile said:
Can we tell if that is the case in any of these instances or not? Serious question, because I don't know.
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Not from the article. I don't have any idea.

If they all had unpaid, back taxes that they've are in current payment on then it is a minor embarrassment. As it moves away from this to the level of cheating it becomes more major.

Remember, Rangel was in denial about his - he refused (at first) to accept that he owed those taxes then did everything he could to avoid paying them. Pretty bad for the then head of the Ways and Means Committee that oversees tax policy in the House.
 
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VOLatile said:
Can we tell if that is the case in any of these instances or not? Serious question, because I don't know.
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Good question.

So I suppose I need to amend my earlier statement that he ought to fire anyone who is not actively paying back under installment plan or other agreed-to deal with the IRS.
 
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volinbham said:
Not what I meant - I meant time being delinquent (and aware) but not in a negotiated payback.
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I would hope those people are contacted directly by someone in the administration and directed to make payment arrangements immediately
 
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