First, it was Timothy Geithner, the newly confirmed Treasury Secretary, claiming that he made a careless mistake when he evaded $32,000 in taxes.  Only when it looked like he would be nominated did he do the right thing and pay all the back taxes.  Further, Geithner lied in his testimony to Congress when he claimed it was just a mistake.  This man is a high powered economist and wants America to believe he cannot do his own income taxes.  This is an outrageous lie.

Now, the HHS nominee, Tom Daschle, has a tax problem and only recently paid over $128,000 is back taxes and fees.   Daschle, like Geithner, claims it was all just a terrible mistake.   Again, this is the height of riduclousness that Daschle wants America to believe he just didn’t know better.

Both Geithner and Daschle are crooks, maybe, small letter c crooks, but crooks nonetheless.  Why can’t America find people who can hold high level office that have not compromised themselves?  Why does America have to settle for people who are liars or are incompetent?  Excuse me, but I don’t believe either of these men claiming it was all an innocent mistake.  Both tried to get away with something and only when it was apparent that it would impact their appointments did they come forward to correct the problem.  This is not even close to ethical or high character and certainly does not meet any minimum standard for cabinet level jobs.

America is doomed.