May 6, 2009
Does Obama not know that Rangel is a tax cheat?
If Obama is as smart as people claim he is, he has to be one of the most careless men I have ever seen:
Here’s a tip for President Obama: Next time you excoriate tax cheats, try to keep Rep. Charles Rangel’s name out of the discussion.
Somehow, it doesn’t further your case.
Yet that’s precisely what Obama did Monday, singling out the powerful Harlem congressman for praise as he announced legislation meant to close what he calls tax “loopholes” for corporations that expand their operations abroad.
Rangel, of course, knows a thing or two about offshore tax shelters: He’d been operating one for years.
The congressman had to fork over nearly $11,000 in back taxes last year after The Post reported that he failed to disclose more than $75,000 in rental income on his Dominican Republic villa.
Plus, he’s under investigation by a House committee for allegedly helping a company preserve its offshore tax loophole — in exchange for a million-dollar gift to a school named in his honor.
Remember when Big Sexy confronted Charlie back in September? Now, that was hilarious! For those of you who didn’t catch that, here you go:
Obama seems to surround himself with a lot of tax cheats. I guess that’s why he’s so free to spend exorbitant amounts of money that will lead to higher taxes. Who cares about that? It’s not like him and his friends will be paying it?
It’s amazing how he remains unaware of their tax cheating status until the press points it out to him. Obliviousness is not a trait I associate with high intelligence. This leads me to one of two conclusions, either a) Obama is not as smart of a man as people claim he is; or, b) he is not as ethical and transparent a man as he claims to be. Neither of those is good thing.
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