Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is sailing toward confirmation by the U.S. Senate as the next secretary of Health and Human Services despite embarrassing revelations that she owed $8,000 in back taxes.
Sebelius has called the oversight the result of “unintentional errors” related to charitable deductions, mortgage interest and business expenses.
“Hey, that stuff is confusing,” she said in an impromptu press conference in a Senate hallway. “And let’s be honest: You don’t get rich by paying taxes. That’s for suckers. ... Jeez, the secretary of the treasury got confirmed and he owed 40 grand. Give me a break! The president and I have got bigger fish to fry. Go bother someone else.”
(OK, the preceding paragraph is not exactly true. In fact, I made it up. But haven’t you ever suspected that deep down, this is what these Cabinet secretaries are thinking when they are asked annoying questions about back taxes? Just a thought.)
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Taxing thoughts
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$8,000 will certainly murder lots of babies. Tax cheats and infanticidal maniacs -- this isn't a government, this is a street gang in nice clothes.
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