Taxes, taxes, taxes

Nothing is avoidable minus death and taxes. We all know the saying, right? Unless you work in Washington, that is.

It seems that there is a large amount of very prominent nominees by President Barack Obama that have failed to pay taxes. They were asked to run the Treasury Department (which runs the IRS, no problem...), the Department of Health and Human Services (health care paid for by taxes), and work in the Department of Justice (who persecutes those who don't pay taxes).

Now I understand everyone makes mistakes, but I honestly can't understand this. Last year, there was a couple that lived here in New Hampshire, Ed and Elane Brown, who were couped up in their house/compound because they didn't pay income taxes and the U.S. Marshals wanted to arrest them. They were eventually arreasted and incarserated. They broke the law, they now have to live with the consequences.

But Dashel, Geithner, and the other lady (whose name I forget) have all been raised to a high pedistle, made to be leaders and have been rewarded for their past actions by present leadership in government. President Obama said in an interview with ABC's Charles Gibson that there should not be, nor is there a double standard between government officals and citizens of the United States. When Joe taxpayer goes and failes to pay his taxes on his income and his driver and car, he gets hit with fines, penalties, and disgrace, along with a major headache. When Government officals have tax problems, they get patted on the back and get a raise. Call me carzy, but isn't there a very evident double standard being applied?

In my opinion, one thing has become increasingly clear, and that is that we don't believe in consiquences. Consequences for not paying taxes SHOULD BE that you never ever are in charge of the department that collects taxes, to me that is common sense. Consequences for Iran fireing off its first satelight into space should be a massive diplomatic and inteligence mission to insure that Iran doesn't and CAN'T blow the snot out of us in the next 5 minuets. I haven't heard anything yet about that, have you? I say this only to show that LEADERS understand that there needs to be consequences for every negative action. If those consequences are inadequate or not applied at all, things can go into shambles very quickly.

So I leave you with this question, What needs to be done in terms of Obama's tax crisis? How has Obama's Administration handled consequences in the last three weeks? How will his future consequences alter this country in the future?