Pay Your Taxes, Or He'll Nominate You

No Joke! It has happened once again. Another Obama cabinet nominee has failed to pay their taxes. If there is one thing the Obama administration has done poorly in, it's the vetting process. The second nominee for the position of Health and Human Services Secretary is Democratic Governor of Kansas, Ms. Kathleen Sebelius. It is reported that she has failed to pay $7000 in back taxes. Sound familiar?

Someone in the administration has dropped the ball. Not just once, not twice, but five times. It almost seems like a requirement for joining the Obama Cabinet. Lets review the growing controversy over the tax-evading Obama Cabinet.

-Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, failed to pay over $34,000 in back taxes. When the public learned of the tax evasion, Obama stated that the economy was in to bad of shape for his Treasury Secretary nominee not to be confirmed. He was confirmed, but not without controversy. Now lawmakers on the hill are calling for him to resign, due to lack of specifics in his plan to get the banks rolling again.

-Democratic Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson. He is the only nominee who stepped down, without tax problems. He removed himself from consideration after it was discovered he was being investigated by the FBI for alleged fraud in handing out state contruction contracts.

-Fmr. Senator Tom Daschle was the first nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary. He failed to pay taxes on a car and driver, totaling in value of over $120,000. It was reported that he paid his taxes back only after learning he would be nominated for the position. He then removed himself from consideration.

- Nancy Killefer was the nominee for Chief Performance Officer. She failed to pay $946 in taxes. Some may say, that is not enough to keep her from being confirmed. Although it is enough to send you to jail for tax evasion. She removed herself from consideration.

- Ron Kirk was the nominee for U.S. Trade Representative. Calls for him to step aside arose when it was reported that he failed to pay over $10,000 in back taxes earlier in the decade. He was confirmed by the Senate, and is now the new U.S. Trade Representative.

The bottom line is, no one is above the law. The law requires each citizen to pay taxes, or else face jail time. All of the nominee's that re payed their taxes, never had to pay any penalties for being late on the payments. Obama signed an executive order in his second day in office setting up ethics rules for his administration. One may ask how ethical they are, when five of his nominee's have failed to pay taxes.