It’s ok if Obama’s Treasury Secretary nominee evaded some taxes.  For you or I it would mean hassles with the IRS.  Fines, and possibly even criminal charges and jail.  But for a member of The One’s administration?

No big deal

It’s odd.  The nominee for Treasury Secretary, who has ultimate authority over the IRS, “forgets” to pay substantial taxes for which he was reimbursed by his employer (the International Monetary Fund).  And the liberal chattering classes stay largely silent. 

Now don’t get me wrong.  I’d like to have a private tax cut as much as the next guy.  But unless Secretary Geithner intends to extend the practice to the rest of us (as someone who is self-employed, just let me tell how much I hate paying the Social Security and Medicare taxes!), this issue certainly deserves more than a wave and “oh well” by the Senate.

I’m sure the reaction from the media/left would be the same if a member of the Bush administration was caught not paying taxes

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