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**Calif Bill** · February 5th, 2009, 05:37 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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wrote:

... The whole idea that supposedly responsible people
such as Geithner, Daschle, etc., etc., have folks making excuses for them
(and
are making excuses themselves) on stuff like taxes and the like is
ridiculous
and IMO, a large part of the problem.

The taxes don't bother me much. The tax code *is* complicated
and byzantine. Where is the line between, "borrow my car when
you're in town" and "this is salary, here's a W-2, don't forget
to change the oil" ? The bigger problem is that Daschle earned
$5 million influence peddling two days after being ousted from
the Senate. And he wasn't even a lobbyist.

I don't know how to fix that "problem". I think Daschle is
eminently qualified to be health czar, probably one of the most
qualified people in the country. In some ways lobbyists get a
bad rap. The Sierra Club hires a lobbyist and I hope they hire
a good one and pay whatever a good one costs. What is lobbying
other than having a voice ? The problem as I see it is Republican
lobbyists. We ought to allow lobbying only for liberals and not
fat cat Republicans. That'll fix it. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

Personally I think Daschle should be the next prison inmate. Wesley Snipes
gets 3 years for failing to cough up taxes, the Survivor guy getss 4 years.
A former Congressman should be held to a higher standard.