[gedsiz]

And if you think he's setting a bad example, that worry is really overblown IMO

It's not just about setting a bad example. How is the man supposed to manage an operation as complex as this financial recovery is likely to be if he can not even manage his own finances?

[dhYTvlAv]

I think he's a tax cheat. There's a lot of cheats in the financial system already, but I wouldn't expect one to be appointed to such a position as this guy by the president. Oh well. I doubt if it will matter much.

[softy54534]

I agree that it probably won't matter much, but I expected better. All of the "ONEs" retoric and the hope of all the people that think they elected a GOD. Reality is going to slap them all in the face because of all the talk of change, we're seeing a lot of same ole, same ole. All the talk of taking washington back from the narrow special interests, and lobbyists, but if you looked at the sponsors for most of the GALA balls (including those from Illinois) the lobbyists were throwing around money like it was going out of style. (of course American dollars probably are)


America has been fooled again. Entering day 2 of the continuing nightmare.

[SinyugiN]

It's not just about setting a bad example. How is the man supposed to manage an operation as complex as this financial recovery is likely to be if he can not even manage his own finances?

Oh, so now it was just an innocent mistake? Pick a story.

Fun fact: people are often a lot better at the job they do all year round than a task they do once a year, and that changes every year.

[putza]

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Close, but I guess after watching the love fest over the last few days on Television, it's obvious that there are quite a few people that think that way.

It's your own damn fault for watching network news. Stop rotting your brain.

[ticfarentibia]

How can someone enforce the law or even convince people that they should fork over more money to the government when they act in such a fashion even after being informed they were in error?

This is America, you don't have to actually live up to anything you demand of others. A couple of months and this will be as if it never existed.

Being cynical is depressing at times.

[Rndouglas]

Geez, this guy is really rich and a part of the system that just collapsed. Isn't that a better reason to question his appointment? Is it just me, or would others question the appointment of one of the people who built the house of cards that just collapsed to the position of building something more substantial in the future. The alternative POV is that he's intricately familiar with how it failed, and can build a system without the first's mistakes.

[dianakroshXX]

It's not just about setting a bad example. How is the man supposed to manage an operation as complex as this financial recovery is likely to be if he can not even manage his own finances?

So I assume you have evidence to show that he ran the New York Federal Reserve Bank into the ground? After all, how could he have run that institution if he couldn't do his personal taxes, right?

Personally I don't care much either way. The man is clearly knowledgeable about the system (having risen so far and so fast within it) but as others have said, the system itself has been the problem, so how well Geitner will be able to reform what he has been part of it a question. Not impossible though - after all, it was Chester A. Arthur who signed the Pendelton Act.

[exeftWabreava]

Well I just did my taxes and did not cheat despite this guy being in charge.

[emorbimefed]

Oh, so now it was just an innocent mistake? Pick a story.

I was being generous imagining what it says about the man and his competence that he looked at his W2 form and saw a big 0 in the box where it details SS and Medicare taxes paid after signing a statement saying that he was aware that he would be responsible for paying them on his own and just forgetting about them and only fully paying up when a confirmation hearing seemed imminent.
Re GePap: I would point toward his role in crafting and supporting the failed bailouts/nationalizations of the Bush admin if you want further evidence of incompetence.

[JOR4qxYH]

Collins

[ViagraPriceBuying]

Where's this letter? I saw no mention of this in the Senate report.

Does the Wall St Journal work as a source for you? "In 2004, an accountant advised Mr. Geithner in writing that he did not owe employment taxes. An accountant who reviewed Mr. Geithner's 2001 tax return also didn't inform Mr. Geithner he owed taxes".

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123194884833281695.html

There is some conflict in that Geithner did sign a document, among dozens, when he first started his employment with the World Bank which told him he had to pay this tax but then his CPA gave him written advise to the contrary so he went with the CPA. Either way it is pretty minor and has been fixed.

Rah: No one is claiming Obama "is the one" as you keep saying. All we're saying is let's not try to make a mountain out of every mole hill and if this is the worst the right has been able to dig up then it really isn't that bad.

[wrewsTear]

The man has been in office for less than a month and already everyone on the right says, "See, he can't do it." We gave your guy 8 years and he kept making it worse. I would suggest you wait a bit before indicating "all is lost."

Hell, watch the daily show for Jan 20th. Fox News virtually ignored the inauguration and ran a 12 hour Bush lovefest special punctuated with pronouncements that Obama had failed and destroyed the economy. I **** you not! They didn't even give the man a single day before they declared all is lost.

[constanyiskancho]

This, my friends, is teh awesome:

http://gawker.com/5139875/our-tax+ch...sury-secretary

We would be completely sympathetic to Geithner's claim that this was a goof because of the IMF's Byzantine payroll-tax status. Except that Geithner, when he worked at the Treasury Department in 1998, testified before Congress to explain the IMF's Byzantine payroll-tax status: His detailed explanation before Congress in 1998 about the IMF's payroll taxes follows in the link above.

[Xutrsavf]

Hell, watch the daily show for Jan 20th. Fox News virtually ignored the inauguration and ran a 12 hour Bush lovefest special punctuated with pronouncements that Obama had failed and destroyed the economy. I **** you not! They didn't even give the man a single day before they declared all is lost.

I found a link to the Daily show where Fox News declares all is lost on Obama's very first day in office.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/in...Fear-Imbalance

[wmirkru]

I saw that a few hours ago. This is just embarrassing.

[cbUDaNFRu]

Wesely Snipes must be kicking himself over the news coming out of Washington recently.