Geithner expected to survive not paying taxes - White House- msnbc.com

The package,WILDWON..., absolutely will not work, and many Americans are becoming aware of that. On Glenn Beck's daily website you can see where most of these billions are actually "porked". This is the biggest scam on American voters...ever!

Mickey:

They are getting everything ready for the New World Order (NWO). I want Barack to suceed in everything but, I pray he fails in turning our country into complete socialism. That will be the beginning if he achieves this. The NWO is no secret; it's all over the internet. I saw on video where President JFK talked against it, addressed it quite well, said it was a secret society, was evil, and he was assassinated. His brother, RFK would have been President if he had lived. He was, as I have read against it also. He was assassinated. I saw the video where President Bush '41 spoke in favor of the NWO and he said it will be a reality.

Saying the stimulus package won't work is an understatement. I actually like the idea of this guy being confirmed. The worse it gets the more people will educate themselves. It's all right there. I have a four year college degree but was never introduced to the concept of money. I had to pursue the subject on my own.

PEOPLE PLEASE WAKE UP

Every dollar in your pocket or in your bank account represents a debt that someone owes with interest. The only way new money is created is by the creation of new debt. If we all worked really hard and tried to pay off all our debt there would be no money in the system. In fact it is impossible. They never created the money to pay the interest. For someone to become, "rich," people or peoples need to be in debt. It's really simple. Our country is literally being robbed from us right in front of our eyes. Don't expect the media to educate you. They're in on it. They're owned by these people.

Please look up, "money as debt," or, "fractional reserve lending."

I guess April 15th is no longer of any importance. DON'T FILE AS A PROTEST THIS YEAR- - - - -take the automatic extension to August 15th.

The American Public really does not care.. A majority of those who care are the ones who opama intended to recieve the money Welfare victims and the rest of the handout crowd..

now i know why Thomas Jefferson said we would need a blood letting to rid ourselves of career politicans.

Geithner knows all the Honest mistakes not to payTAX. Can an ordinary Citizen get the same break.

absolutely not if you forget to pay taxes you pay afine then you can go to jail this guy should not be confirmed period! wake up people

The year I divorced my first wife our taxes got fowled up, I'm a "little person" as you say, and I did not get locked up as you seem to think I should have been! The IRS did not bring the error to my attention for 4 years, FOUR YEARS! All they wanted was the money and their interest and their fines! It was a nightmare.

You want to sit there and proclaim there should be no exemption for a mistake! I will have you know that a mistake is just that, a mistake! Now, if I had done it intentionally I would have expected worse. Anyone who knowingly cheats on their taxes should pay heavily, but lock 'em all up?...Please!

Kevin,

I don't think he needs locked up but, I really don't think he should be made the head of the IRS either.

Now here's the problem Kevin. You are a normal Joe. I can forgive your mistake. This guy is a professional, so much so that he is in consideration for a cabinet post. There is no excuse for him. Period. If he didn't know, he should have. And he's going to run the IRS? What in your world would disqualify someone from a job? Nothing? There has to be limits at this level.

Sorry Greg, this should have been for the guy above you.

I am sorry you misread, but I did not say they should all be locked up. I am saying IF it were any of us, we would be (for that amount of money...)

There should be no exemption for Mr Geithner to be treasury secretary. It is time our government stood for integrity and set a GOOD example. From what I understand he knew for awhile that he still owed on his taxes but did not make good until he was tapped for the position. There is no integrityin that type of behavior.

Kevin, sounds like you went through quite an ordeal with the IRS.Difference here is your the average Joe American who is not beingtasked with making decisions that impact policy and millions of Americans.Geithner is being placed into a role where there is no room for mistakes - not one. That's the difference...integrity is paramount in our leader's lives... Geithner was well aware of his unpaid taxes..and if he wasn't, why in the hell is he being considered for a role in the US Treasury Department!!!!!!!? Obama 'sadministration is obviously full of throw backs and has beens...brings into question wonder every single person on his staff, every appointment he has made...

I guess you guys are right on this one, he should step aside.

Kevin - this guy signed a document telling him he was responsible for the taxes he didn't pay, and was reimbursed for those taxes so that he could pay them AND HE STILL DIDN'T PAY HIS TAXES.

He is a liar, a cheat, and a fraud. Welcome to real change - they do it all right in front of us.

From this bum to Hilary and her husband taking millions from foreign nations and companies, our new President has assembled a real power team. Criminals and cheats of the Highest caliber.

Kevin - The difference is that we do not expect you to be smart, however, this guy is suppose to save the economy. I know I am feeling better now.

the good thing is if the rest of us screw up on our taxes, we can just call timmy geithner and maybe he'll let it slide.

No Kevin in Texas, that is not the point. The point is you DIDN'T get a buy for your mistake and I am in the same boat. They ARE giving this guy a pass and it's not right. The government doesn't come to us and say "hey we understand". They either get "their" money or they get your stuff. No if ands or buts about it. Anyway, the Fed Treasury marriage is complete and we weren't even invited. But I am sure we will be required to send a "gift". Good Luck!

Everyone, just calm down. By this time next year, this tax cheat will look like a choir boy. For all the talk, the libs still have no balls. Hillary excluded.......that is a compliment.

There's a wise old saying, "In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve."

Well, Obama is what the people wanted, so they are getting what they deserve. Far too few bothered to look at this guy's background in any depth. If they had done so, they would have realized how extreme his views are. And what about the extremists he called his friends? Didn't our moms tell us that "Birds of a feather flock together" or "You're known by the company you keep." Maybe we should have listened better to our moms.

Now we have a guy heading the Treasury Department who didn't pay taxes for a few years. But we also have a new head of the Executive Branch of our national government (Obama) who has no executive experience whatsoever. How many people do you know that run a company without executive experience? Aren't CEO's expected to have years of experience beforehand?

Rhonda, it isn't inexperience that's bad with obama, it is the fact that our free country will be free no more because of him and his cabinet, along with all the socialists that he owes hughe favors too. Did knowone see how close he was to the islamics and who the people were who surrounded him? I will be glad when his honeymoon is over with the news media so that they will begin doing what they should have 2 yrs ago.

Diogenes-08, Obama's honeymoon will never be over with the MSM just as it never was with Clinton. They adore him and will defend everything he does. They have the same values he has. He and his congress will pass Card Check ( I can't bring myself to call it the Employees Freedom Act), Cap and Trade, Universal Health Care and all the other socialist policies the MSM has been dreaming of for years. I wish we could stop this snowball but I can't see anyway out until the people wake up and stop this liberal congress.

This was not a mistake this was an intentional and deliberate misfiling of his taxes. He was paid additional compensation to pay his taxes and he pocketed the extra money as well. Taxes are complicated but the person who will be in charge of the treasury should be able to get through them without to many calls to the help line.

If the honeymoon is over can I get an anulment? Oh wait - can't happen - we've already been F***ed!

And we're all forgetting the other"little matter" about a certain housekeeper. Mr. Geithner has more "oopsies" in his background than are acceptable, particularly in this financial climate.

Of course, in all fairness, he follows Paulson, water-boy for Goldman Sachs.

Geithner is either a tax evader (for not paying his taxes) or an idiot (for not knowing he was supposed to pay his taxes). Which one of those do you want for the Treasury Secretary?

And what about Karl Rove, Scooter Libby and Dick Cheney?

I think your perception on this is skewed! Mr. Obama has never said anything about pardoning any black person in prison because the say "I'm sorry". Obama has even called out black men in general for not living up to their responsibilities concerning their children!

What about Richard Nixon? Firing Spiro T. Agnew, appointing Gerald Ford as successor, resigning the Presidency and then getting a Presidential pardon from President Ford!

You need to give some better examples of your claim that Obama will let people off the hook.

What about them, Erica?

Just saying that all they had to say was sorry and Bush looked the other way. We cannot condemn one when others have behaved in the same manner, democrat or republican.

Listen here gluteus maximus -- I don't like this Geithner guy either as not paying taxes is serious business but your racism is really ugly and so-called 'blacks' being in prison has nothing to do with this story and everything to do with the way your momma raised YOU! if I had to pick between a tax cheat and a racist I'm going with the tax cheat....

Erica -

Where is Scooter Libby now? Bush could have, but did not pardon him

And do tell us where Rove and Cheney have been indicted or convicted of anything. Did they not pay taxes at some point and then fess up at the time they were nominated or appointed to high position?

Erica- What did Rove, Libby or Cheney do wrong??

Leave Erica alone; she doesn't feel good. Must have had too much koolaid.

Cheney gave more money to charity than al Gore, Bill Clinton, And Obama combined. Scooter libby was not pardoned because the president felt he had not told the truth.

I know the left wants you to believe that Cheney is some kind of criminal but there is absolutely no basis to that. The only reason the world found out about any corruption in Cheneys company is because when he became CEO he rooted it out and brought it into the open. Haliburton was turned upside down by Cheney I know you wont here that on any news chanels but people on the inside know what happened. Cheney got rid of some of the biggest money makers for haliburton precisely because they were paying bribes to foreign governments. He was not popular with the corrupt culture and he was not popular with the news media hence we have him portrayed as evil.

I suggest giving him more than 150 hours before judging the entire presidency. Just sayin.

But only if you are a Democrat.

10.1 and others of the same Ilk.

Stealing is wrong.

Cheating is wrong.

If politics bends your mind so that you use politics to excuse bad behavior, you are wrong.

Democrats and Republicans alike confirmed Geithner.

Democrats and Republicans are harming our country.

They are acting in harmony to our demise.

Of course you liked the message he was hawking! But I have news for you David! It was all a lie! The writing was on the wall concerning Obama long before any of this became an issue. I KNEW ( so did many, many others) Obama was not the man he claimed to be and that perhaps his character left something to be desired! The tip off was that everyone around this guy was either in jail (Rezko), or spouting a racist agenda from the pulpit. Yet, Obama played innocent and came out smelling like a rose everytime.

I commend you though for admitting your support for Obama is now giving you some concerns. That's the first step to recovery!

That's the problem with campaign rhetoric and a left wing liberal media elected president. No one except the conservative journalists bothered investigating BO or his credentials or questioning just what kind of "change" he intended for America. If he had been held to task on his associations, his voting record and his socialist bullshi*by the media the way GWB has been regarding his positions, he would have folded like a cheap suit and we would not now be facing a whole new set of problems. People just allowed themselves to be swept along by BO's empty promises and the "historicality" of electing the first black president. Huh, credentials like that would NEVER have been acceptable for a Republican or a white candidate. I think there are going to be a lot of people like you who regret the fact that they voted this dufus into office. Hopefully, he and his posse won't be able to do too much damage before they can be run out of office.

How can you not realize it was all a lie. Look at all of the knuckleheads and hollywood hobnobs that were backing the guy. Do you really think they know what reality is? The only worse thing could have been Hillary.

Can't be worse than Bush/Cheney and many US idiots voted those fools in twice!!!

Gee wizz David M. Google the official White House web site and go under civil rights just to start. Look at all the things he promised and now he doing just the opposite. I do not think you are going to like what you see.

Ummm, teach -

We voted in Bush twice - yes we did. And Obama may be better or he may be worse.

I see again the notion displayed that even today that the slight majority (53%) feels that the slight minority (46%) can have no rights or opinions.

Not true.

The press never let you see the real person Obama was. They were too busy sorting through Sarah Palin's trash. They never properly vetted this guy, and we're going to pay the price for it.

"Can't be worse than Bush/Cheney and many US idiots voted those fools in twice!!!"

Of course it can, have you not bothered to look around or read Obama's proposals, to look at what "US idiots" just voted into office!?

Have you bothered to look at Obama's policies. They are, for the most part, completely plagiarized from the Bush playbook. The only difference I seem to be able to find is the price tag.

Bush was the single most fiscal liberal President in US history, giving us a world record corporate tax along with record taxes, rates, and fees against the job creators (despite the false accusations that he was helping the wealthy line their pockets, proven wrong by the very fact that we are facing the problems today caused by these business sufferings.. Obviously, this created greater outsourcing, inflated prices, business failures, and job cutbacks.

Now Obama proposes all of the same thing, but taking even MORE from the job creators in the process. With how much damage taking less did over the past eight years, do you honestly think it won't be worse than Bush/Cheney? Come on, another four years of Bush would have been better than what Obama is getting set to play. Create jobs by taking more from the job creators, have we not learned already? It CAN get worse than Bush/Cheney, a bit over half of the country voted in worse. It not only can get worse, it will undoubtedly get worse, until we can vote this moron out of office in four years.

Teach, go have some more koolaid. Bush and Cheney are gone and have absolutely nothing to do with this travesty.

I was vehemently opposed to Obama but we can't judge his whole presidency on this one dumb act. This is a failure of Congress and the president but I will give Obama a little more leeway in that he just got the job a week ago and his advisors told him this was the best guy for the job so he went with him. you can bet Obama never new this guy and probably still has never met him. Hopefully Obama will learn quickly he cant just push criminals on to the american people and have us accept it.

A good example his his choice for education---another asswipe from hre in chicago where we have some of the worst public schools in the country. Maybe he will make marion berry his drug and prostitute czar.

Amen Tomas! Pelosi ( she apparently thinks increasing welfare stamps and subsidizing condoms will stimulate the economy) needs to beremoved as far way from any position leadership...preferably the moon, but I would settle for OUT OF OFFICE!

Pelosi is one of the most corrupt, inept, pieces of garbage that has ever held a position of leadership in this country! And that's saying something! She has helped run California into the toilet and now she has a hand ( under Obama) in running the entire country into oblivion.

GOOD GRIEF!!!

I found it interesting that Pelosi views more people as a burdon on government instead of as the producers of all that is america. Government is nothing without people. This showed a great insight into her lack of character and complete lack of understanding as to what americans are and what government is.

Amen, KL-813951......the man is guilty of 4 years of tax evasion. Change we can believe in right......day by day that is true....We now have a person in charge of the IRS that not only didn't pay his own taxes for 4 years, but basically stole the money from his company who gave him the money that he was supposed to use to pay it. Absolutely crazy that anyone could construe this as "an honest mistake". Yeah, the mistake in his mind is that he got caught.

Actually, his so called "intelligence" is certainly questionable at this time. I mean we know he has cheated on his taxes ( failing to pay four years in a row is not a mistake folks, no matter how you want to spin it). Who's to say he didn't cheat on his SAT's or perhaps his college exams, assignments.

You see, that's the thing about being dishonest. It casts a negative light on other areas of your life, including past accomplishments. It creates a perception of impropriety, when in fact there may have been none.

That's what apparently 60 Senators failed to see today when they confirmed Geithner. That's the issue here!

I'll explain it to you. Each generation of people of ethnicity in this country develop their own identity and reserve the right to define and describe themselves as they see fit. As a 40 year old, I long ago decided to refer to myself as African-American. Not colored, as your Dad may have defined me, not Negro, as your Dad may have defined me, and certainly not black, as the current white media and maybe your Dad tries to define me. African-American is the only description that is not COLOR based. It is a NOUN not an adjective for color. Sort of like Orientals now calling themselves Asian or Hispanics now referring to themselves as Latino. Get it. Good, Now explain it to you Dad -- with all due respect....

Really? Well how about just defining yourself as an AMERICAN, without the hyphenated references to ethnicity, race, and/or former country of origin (were you born in Africa)?

Is that an option?

Well then teach34181 with your explanation I am a European-American, not white and definitely not caucasian because I sure as heck wasn't born in the Caucases.

"As a 40 year old, I long ago decided to refer to myself as African-American. Not colored, as your Dad may have defined me, not Negro, as your Dad may have defined me, and certainly not black, as the current white media and maybe your Dad tries to define me."

So then I assume that you were born in Africa and have since moved to America? Either that, or you're a liar. I promised a friend of mine, an actual African American (you know, an African who moved to America, strong African accent, brother still lives in Kenya), that I would never refer to a black man as an African American if he never held citizenship in Africa.

You're right, African American is NOT a color, it's a noun. A white person born in African who moves to America is an African American, much more so than you are. So what gives you the right to call yourself one simply because you're black? You think that the "white" media defines you as black? Time to wake up to reality, you ARE black, same as white people are white! If you can be an African American simply because some distant ancestors came from Africa, then you must (the only way for this to be fair) refer to me as an English Irish Scottish German Japanese African American! Yep, even have African in there for me as well, and I'm white. Since I'm sure you'll keep calling me white, you're still just an American who happens to be black.

An Asian is Oriental, a Hispanic may be Latino, but if you're black you are NOT an African American. You don't reserve the right, despite your claim, to call yourself whatever you want. If you are not from Africa, you are not an African American. You are an American who happens to be black. That's the real world, that's the facts, and lying and calling yourself something else doesn't magically change anything. Of all the stupid racist comments to post, you just "decide" to call yourself an African American because only the "white" people would call you black. If you're black then you're black, if you're white then you're white, and just because African American is a noun in your book (that reasoning doesn't even make any sense) doesn't mean you can claim to be one when you're not. If you have never been to African, then you will NEVER be an African American, period. But I'm sure you'll continue to lie to people and call yourself something you're not, just as I'm sure you're still make dumb comments such as "the white media calls you black."

I prefer Appalachian-American, I feel left out. I am only some white guy, I want to be special too. Americans cant be discriminated against right? I think all people in this country need to find some hyphenation. Gay or homo-American, Latin-American, Jewish-American, Scotts-American, Female-American lets just give what is left away and we can all speak Chinese or Russian. We have few American owned companies left why not just get it over with so we can fulfill all those-in-power's wishes and cut the hyphenation out as well as American. Hyphenate American? Get the @!$%# out of the country to where ever it is you want to be identified. I just want the same special rights too. Women can’t be told what to do with their bodies… that’s fine but don’t tell this white male what to do with his. It is discriminatory to invent a law based only on females who bare children, if some woman who can have healthy children are permitted to have their children cut out piece by piece from her body I want to legally smoke doobies or not wear my seat belt if I choose not to or do something else bad to my body. Give me a break; all these non-white male citizens have more rights than I do, give me a little something special too. Illegals will be forgiven for breaking the law an African-American can fail a civil service test yet still get the job over some white dude who scored high where is the equality Dr. King preached and marched for?

About time you stood up and fought for your rights. We are a very diverse country and it seems that whatever nationality you are that's where you want to live and keep your customs, culture, language, and be a part of the freedoms, but not a part of the America we once knew. I suppose we all feel more comfortable with people who are like ourselves, for the most part, but it isn't the best thing for our country to be so culturally, ethnically isolated from others and stay in our own little China, VietNam, Jewish, Italian, Hispanic, African American and other ethnic communities.

It's a changing world and not one that we feell at ease with. Yes, to those who said One World Order is coming. It is, it is a matter of time, it is prophecied in the Bible that in the end times there would be one world order, one world bank, and one world religion and a time of great turmoil such as the earth had never seen before. It's coming and it is evil.

By the way, Robert Byrd got something right for a change. He's right this guy Geithner would never have paid if he hadn't been found out. He is a big mistake, but then it's looking like the whole election of Obama is a mistake. Hasty decisions to accomplish promises could make for very bad decisions for our nation. Act in haste and repent in leisure.

Liberals and minorities always toss out the race card just to let you know they have it to play if needed. Then they preach for equality ( a good thing for all) and a blending in America(a good thing too). We are all Americans they say not white not black not brown not yellow (which is another good thing) just Americans .... but then why the need for the hyphen African- , Hispanic-, Mexican-, I thought we were all supposed to ignore color ( another good thing) and just see the person ? If you want to be just an American be one .

Mike B

A private owned bank already controls our currency. It is called the Federal Reserve Bank. It is not nor has ever been part of the government.

Jefferson would turn over in his grave if he could see where the wonderful country he helped establish has ended up.

Is this the same Jefferson who raped a teen-aged African slave (racist and pedophile)? The same Jefferson whose lineage tried to deny the existence of his African-American offspring until science and DNA forced them to accept what we already knew. He's no different than Geithner in this respect. A really intelligent fellow with flaws. I guess we all are.... No disrespect meant to the Founding Fathers but a Spade is a Spade!

teach--get over it already-

And you trust the GOVT. to run banks? We can't even trust them with our tax dollars and any govt. program is an example of inefficiency and bloat. Give me a break. You have no idea of what you are saying. You are spouting liberal rhetoric without giving it any independent thought.