For years, House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) didn’t pay taxes on significant parts of his income. When the IRS discovered this, it allowed him to pay the missing taxes without any of the normal penalties.
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When Did Democrats Practice the Civility to Which They Seek to Return?
The Democrats claim to want to ‘return to civility.’ But when did they practice it? If you are going to return to something don’t you have to have gone there first? Larry Elder has written a piece that makes this point.
Thank You Carol?
I would like to applaud Carol Shea-Porters decision to return $14,000 to Charlie Rangel, and her public recommendation that he step down from his position as Chair of Ways and Means. I’m not sure what took so long–wait, I am sure–it’s politically necessary to do it now. But, at least she did it.