On the heels of the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Timothy Geithner as the new United States Treasury Secretary, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx released the following statement questioning whether Geithner's confirmation was good
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On the heels of the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Timothy Geithner as the new United States Treasury Secretary, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx released the following statement questioning whether Geithner’s confirmation was good for America:
“The Treasury Secretary, the person who is in charge of the IRS, should be held to a very high standard, especially when it comes to paying taxes. But this doesn’t seem to be the case with Mr. Geithner.
“Don’t you think the person who runs the IRS should follow our tax laws? Shouldn’t this person pay his own taxes? But it seems Mr. Geithner will get a free pass from the Senate, despite that fact that while working at the International Monetary Fund he failed to pay more than $30,000 in federal taxes.
“Our nation faces historic economic turmoil. Don’t average Americans deserve leaders who are experts at economics AND ethics?”
