American Conservative Republicans are going to have to start carefully watching on Fridays for damaging news about Obama and the Democratic Party. This past Friday the Arizona Democratic Party announced that their newly elected state chairman was stepping down after only two weeks and, the Friday before that it was announced that Obama's choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle, had some tax errors.
President Barack Obama on Friday paid back organized labor for their support by quietly signing an executive order requiring the use of union labor for federal construction projects.
Mainstream Media may not have noticed this latest Friday, (keep this out of the headlines), executive order signing by the president but Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and the RNC did.
Here is what Chairman Steele had to say about Obama's executive order, "President Obama's executive order will drive up the cost of government at a time when we should be doing everything possible to save taxpayer dollars. Federal contracts should go to the businesses that can offer taxpayers the best value - not just the unions who supported the Democrats' campaigns last year. Quietly signing executive orders to payback campaign backers undermines Obama promise to change Washington. It is a disappointment for Americans hoping for more transparency and less politics as usual in Washington."
The American Conservative Republican is in total agreement with Chairman Steele. Tax dollars don't belong to the Democratic or the Republican Party's, they belong to the people and should be spent wisely in the people's best interest, not used to payback political favors. What President Obama did, out of the public spotlight, on Friday was to put party before country and politics before principle.
"Mr President, that's not your money, give government contracts to whomever gives the taxpayer the best value for their money."
Showing posts with label Daschle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daschle. Show all posts
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
BULLETIN - Daschle Withdraws Nomination
Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary.
That's according to a joint White House statement from President Barack Obama and his former nominee.
Obama said Tuesday he accepted Daschle's withdrawal "with sadness and regret."
Daschle has been battling for his nomination since it was disclosed he failed to pay more than $120,000 in taxes.
He said he's withdrawing because he's not a leader who has the full faith of Congress and will be a distraction.
*See, Tom Dascle's Tax "Errors," post below.
That's according to a joint White House statement from President Barack Obama and his former nominee.
Obama said Tuesday he accepted Daschle's withdrawal "with sadness and regret."
Daschle has been battling for his nomination since it was disclosed he failed to pay more than $120,000 in taxes.
He said he's withdrawing because he's not a leader who has the full faith of Congress and will be a distraction.
*See, Tom Dascle's Tax "Errors," post below.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Tom Daschle's Tax "Errors"
President Barack Obama's choice for Health and Human Services Secretary, former Senate Minority and Majority Leader, Tom Daschle, (D) South Dakota, claimed in a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, (D) Montana and, committee ranking Republican, Charles Grassley of Iowa, that he was deeply embarrassed about $128,000 in tax errors and said he would answer all questions about how it happened.
Politicians have mastered the art of announcing bad news to the press late on a Friday, hoping the story will be forgotten by Monday. Daschle, who lost his senate seat to Republican John Thune in 2004, attempted to take the spotlight off his tax problems by telling the press late Friday night that on January 2nd, of this year, he paid the IRS over $140,000 in back taxes and interest in unreported income he received from consulting fees and the use of a car and driver provided by wealthy Democratic donor Leo Hindery Jr, a founder of the private-equity firm, InterMedia Advisors.
If confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Daschle will be in charge of health care policy for the federal government.
Since leaving the Senate, Daschle has made millions of dollars consulting for clients with business before the federal government but was never registered as a lobbyist.
The Health Industry Distributors Association paid Daschle $14,000 to make a speech last year at their conference, they also successfully lobbied Congress to end Medicare's competitive bidding program for health care supplies.
According to the Washington Times, many U.S. Senators have expressed concern over Dascle's tax problems and Senator Jon Kyl, (R) of Arizona said, "You have to be troubled by it."
Let's hope that President Obama is troubled by it enough to change his choice for Health and Human Services Secretary or that the U.S. Senate doesn't make an error by confirming Tom Daschle.
Politicians have mastered the art of announcing bad news to the press late on a Friday, hoping the story will be forgotten by Monday. Daschle, who lost his senate seat to Republican John Thune in 2004, attempted to take the spotlight off his tax problems by telling the press late Friday night that on January 2nd, of this year, he paid the IRS over $140,000 in back taxes and interest in unreported income he received from consulting fees and the use of a car and driver provided by wealthy Democratic donor Leo Hindery Jr, a founder of the private-equity firm, InterMedia Advisors.
If confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Daschle will be in charge of health care policy for the federal government.
Since leaving the Senate, Daschle has made millions of dollars consulting for clients with business before the federal government but was never registered as a lobbyist.
The Health Industry Distributors Association paid Daschle $14,000 to make a speech last year at their conference, they also successfully lobbied Congress to end Medicare's competitive bidding program for health care supplies.
According to the Washington Times, many U.S. Senators have expressed concern over Dascle's tax problems and Senator Jon Kyl, (R) of Arizona said, "You have to be troubled by it."
Let's hope that President Obama is troubled by it enough to change his choice for Health and Human Services Secretary or that the U.S. Senate doesn't make an error by confirming Tom Daschle.
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