Geesh – you’d think by now they’d vet a bit for this:
I previously blogged the tax problems of Lael Brainard, President Obama’s nominee to be Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. The tax problems are (1) twelve late payments of real estate and personal property taxes, and late payment of unemployment taxes; (2) failure to timely file employment eligibility verification forms for her household help; and (3) failure to substantiate home office deductions. Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus today annnounced that he would support the nomination and that the committee would soon vote on the nomination.
But, then again, if the Democrats are just going to keep approving the nominees in spite of incompetence and criminal activity, I guess it doesn’t matter – Obama should nominate a murderer, just to see how far he can go. The rest of us would like to know if there’s a limit to what Democrats will put up with…
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