by Jason Mattera - Human Events
Either Tim Geithner has elephant-sized chutzpah or hes completely clueless. How else to explain his insistence that Congress follow the Obama plan to spike taxes on the top income brackets?
Forget for a moment that it is sheer economic lunacy to raise taxes on any quintile when our country is struggling with anemic private-sector growth coupled with the fact that weve had unemployment above 9 for 16 straight months now. Geithner himself doesnt have the moral authority to push tax hikes on anyone. Hes a tax cheat.
Recall that before his confirmation hearings to head the Treasury Department Geithner paid $42702 in back taxes and interest for the years 2001 through 2004. He blamed this error" on TurboTax. Now hes out pimping the Obama proposal to repeal portions of the Bush tax cuts recently telling Fox Business that such tax increases are good policy" that will help the economy in the short term and in the long run."
HUMAN EVENTS caught up with Mr. Geithner to ask him how exactly he squares his support for tax increases with his own tax-dodging days:
Obamas America folks: Where not only is our Treasury Secretary a tax cheat but an advocate of higher taxes to boot.
Mr. Mattera is the editor of HUMAN EVENTS and the author of Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation (Simon & Schuster). Previously he was the Spokesman for Young Americas Foundation and a TV correspondent for Michelle Malkin. Follow Jason on Twitter Facebook and YouTube.
