Republicans haven't been this down and out since the 1970s, but already the Democrats are sowing the seeds of a Republican revival. The parade of well-off Democrats being considered for positions in Washington who have "questionable" tax returns, as we like to say, now includes Nancy Killefer, whom Obama chose as chief performance officer at the White House. Killefer withdrew from the position, says the New York Times.
So we now have Daschle, who didn't pay tax on a private car and driver and apparently took some dubious deductions. We have Treasury Secretary (!) Tim Geithner, who didn't pay self-employment tax for Medicare and Social Security for several years. We have Killefer. And don't forget Caroline Kennedy, who seems to have withdrawn from consideration for filling Hillary Clinton's NY Senate seat because of tax issues.
No wonder Republicans' favorite joke this week is: Why are Democrats so happy to raise taxes? They don't pay them.
