Tax season is upon us. Accountants are holing up at work, barely seeing the light of day. Taxpayers are getting records together, working to determine exactly how much Uncle Sam will get. We want to pay him all that we owe – but nothing more.
I learned today that Tom Daschle, the president’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, has withdrawn his name from consideration. Turns out that the former senator from South Dakota owes $134,000 in back taxes. I am appalled that a member of our legislature could have the gall to spend billions and trillions of taxpayer dollars, while not paying his own taxes.
I wonder how many other senators and representatives fail to pay their taxes. Couldn’t we have a law by which every legislator is automatically audited by the IRS? I wonder if they would be more responsible in their spending.
Meanwhile, the congress is proposing “stimulus” spending, an effort to borrow our way to prosperity. Obviously we need to have more common sense in our fiscal policies. It sounds like we also need leaders with more integrity. We should demand better.
