Originally Posted by Winged Wheeler

The Geithner (and Daschle, et al.) tax issue(s) raise what I think is an important point. If we treat is as a given that Geithner is one of "the best and the brightest", then what of his non-performance on his Federal taxes?

His non-payment of his tax burden was either intentional, or it was not. If it was intentional then he is a criminal and should not be in his current position. If it was not intentional then he apparently did not completely understand the tax law as it applied to him. Since he is not stupid (see "best and brightest", above) then the income tax code is too complex.

So there are your choices: either Geithner is a felon or the tax code is too complex (logically, these are not mutually exclusive as both could be true). Transferring Geithner's responsibility to his bookkeeper does nothing to exonerate Geithner, and strengthens the argument that the tax code is too complex.

WW