I wonder if President Obama has considered nominating a Democrat who hasn’t been caught making “errors” on their tax returns?
President Obama’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, failed to pay $7,918 in taxes and interest, she writes in a letter sent today to Senators Max Baucus and Charles Grassley.
OK, to be fair, it does appear that her issues may have been a bit less straight forward than Geithner’s:
According to Sebelius, an accountant who was hired to review tax returns for 2005, 2006, and 2007 discovered a number of errors. “In July of 2006, my husband and I sold our home for an amount less than the outstanding balance on our mortgage,” Sebelius writes. “We continued paying off the loan, including interest we mistakenly believed continued to be deductible mortgage interest.”
In addition to this error, there were three charitable contributions for which they “could not locate our acknowledgement letter.” She adds she had “insufficient documentation” for some tax deductions for business expenses, though these adjustments did not affect the amount of tax owed because she paid the Alternative Minimum Tax.
In separate news, Sebelius testified today for her potential appointment to HHS Secretary. She claims that she will attack fraud in the medical industry:
“Having a few strike operations may be the most effective way to send the signal that there’s a new sheriff in town, and I intend to take this very, very seriously,” Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
I don’t know about you but, anyone who “could not locate our acknowledgement letter,” for charitable deductions and has to back out business deductions because of “insufficient documentation,” sounds pretty close to having committed fraud. Perhaps we voters should consider
“Having a few strike operations may be the most effective way to send the signal that there’s a new sheriff in town, and we intend to take this very, very seriously!”
You’d think they would ask one simple question. How is your tax situation?
For crying out loud, how many more are tax cheats!
Sebelius should be toast by now!
I think the answer is: “All of them,” until proven otherwise!