[Diana in Wisconsin]

AAARRRGGGHHH!

[guardian_of_liberty]

"Mayor Kirk is the right person for this job and I will work to move his nomination quickly. I am confident he can successfully restore the confidence of Congress and the American people in a balanced international trade agenda," said Baucus. "I look forward to his testimony before the Finance Committee next week."

Sure another tax cheat will restore confidence. Stop the world, I want to get off.

[Right Wing Assault]

Why are they making a big deal out of this? Haven’t they figured out yet that is a requirement of an obie nomination?

[kjo]

This is no surprise at all...leftists believe that everyone should pay taxes for their programs but themselves.

[TurtleUp]

Ron Kirk, Nominee For Trade Representative, Owes $10K In Back Taxes

I'm surprised that obama was willing to nominate someone who is behind by so little. He usually prefers bigger cheats.

[When do we get liberated?]

Does anyone on Capital Hill pay taxes?

[El Gato]

Kirk, a former Dallas mayor, failed to report as income $37,750 in honoraria collected for 16 speaking engagements at Austin College, his alma mater, for 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007

This is a very old story,

To be fair, he donated this "income" right back to the college, and did not realize he still had to report it as income.

I don't know if ~$2,000 is Austin College's standard honoraria or not.

[Moltke]

Obama sure seems to make sure all the “right” people get the sugar-plum jobs...of course they are all the “most qualified”. LOL, it just doesn’t get more obvious than this.

[RoadTest]

Is dishonesty one of the qualifications for a person to be appointed by Obama?