Daschle Taxes

Senators Loath To Reveal Their Own Tax History

Politico | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics


When Timothy Geithner appeared before the Senate Finance Committee last month, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) accused the soon-to-be treasury secretary of "da...

Deliberating on Daschle

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

Critics of President Obama will use the Daschle incident to claim that Obama is not really about change, and is captive of the same politicians and lobbyists who have always run Washington.

Danger: Creeping Puritanism

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics


Amitai Etzioni

Tom Daschle's resignation should have been accepted, however, that of Nancy Killefer should have been refused. Responses must be tailored to the "sin." Not all imperfections make a person unfit for office.

Daschle's Situation, and the Small-Dollar Solution

Joe Trippi | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics


Joe Trippi

Like many decent people, Daschle got caught in a bad system that is so corrupted by money it hardly matters whether the money is from good people with good intentions or bad people with bad intentions.

Daschle's Premature Dash

Dylan Loewe | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics


Dylan Loewe

The only thing more implausible than believing that a multi-millionaire with national ambitions would willfully try to defraud the IRS of $140,000 is believing that a man like that actually does his own taxes.

Tax Avoidance as the New "Sin"

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics


Mark Goulston, M.D.

The modern version of: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" has arrived. It is: "Let he (or she) who has not told his accountant to do whatever they can in order to pay the least taxes cast the first stone."

The Untold Daschle Story: The Blacklisting of Progressive Economics

David Sirota | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

Though Obama won on promises to challenge Wall Street, there has been a calculated effort to stack the administration with the very Wall Street Democrats who created the problems he lamented.

Why Is Daschle Out and Geithner In?

Jamie Court | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


Jamie Court

Daschle isn't irreplaceable for health care reformers, but Obama would make a big mistake in appointing a replacement with any lessor convictions on a public heath care option.

Daschle Nomination Withdrawal: Was It The Right Thing To Do?

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


Tom Daschle, Obama's nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary, has withdrawn from contention after failing to pay taxes on a car service. The a...

Obama Considers Tax on Cabinet

Andy Borowitz | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics


Andy Borowitz

President Obama is mulling a controversial new tax program that would require members of his Cabinet to pay taxes owed under the Federal tax code, the White House confirmed today.

Daschle Pushed Patron For Obama Job: Dem

Politico | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


Tom Daschle backed the patron who paid him a million-dollar salary and supplied him with a free car and driver for a job inside the Obama administrati...

Tom Daschle Withdrawal Urged By NYT, The Nation

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


Both the New York Times and The Nation have called for President Obama's Health and Human Services nominee to withdraw from contention over unpaid tax...

Tom Daschle Tax Problem Emerges: UPDATED

Huffington Post | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics


UPDATE: February 3, 1:05PM ET: Additional reporting by Sam Stein and Rachel Weiner WASHINGTON -- Tom Daschle withdrew Tuesday as President Barack Oba...