Prominent people have, over the past few months, taught us things about taxes. Our teachers have gone from the very lowly (see Joe the Plumber) to the very sophisticated (see Tom Daschle).
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
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.
Peter Clothier | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media
In view of the "tax problems" that are plaguing the confirmation of Barack Obama's nominees, I have a modest proposal.
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
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.
Joe Trippi | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics
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.
Paul Szep | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics
Dylan Loewe | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics
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.
New York Times | Ron Lieber | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business
In just a couple of hours on Tuesday, two high-level nominees for jobs in the Obama administration took themselves out of the running because of tax p...
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics
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."
David Sirota | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
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.
The New Republic | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
Can health care reform go ahead, this year, even without Tom Daschle? Yes. Does this episode--and Daschle's absence--make the task of enacting health...
Jamie Court | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
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.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics
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.
Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
When our leaders, or even our potential leaders, fail to contribute to the collective good, it feeds our lack of faith in them as stewards of the incredible coercive power of government.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.06.2009 | Media
Those who defend Health and Human Services nominee Tom Daschle on the recently revealed news that he failed to pay taxes on the most expensive car ser...
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...
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...
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...
Christopher Brauchli | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics