It appears that Charlie Rangel has cut a deal with the staff of the ethics committee. Details of the deal are not yet available. The deal came too late to prevent a list of charges from being made public. Apparently, these charges include, among others, "forgetting" to pay taxes on large amounts of income from property in the Dominican Republic.
What is it about Democrats that they think they can get away with cheating on taxes and financial disclosure forms? Rangel is only the latest on the list. Previously, we had the congressman from Louisiana who was found with $90,000 in his freezer; John Murtha who avoided an ethics hearing when he passed away earlier this year; tim Geithner who overlooked paying taxes for three years (only to now lead the IRS); Tom Dachle (whose tax problems kept him out of the Obama administration; among others. Republicans tend to have sex scandals rather than financial ones. These included people like Tom Foley who lusted after pages; the senator from Idaho who got caught in the mens room at the airport; etc. while there are a few Dems who get stuck in sex scandals, they do not seem to come close to the GOP. In my opinion, this is not because the Dems are any more faithful to their spouses or less kinky than the GOP. No, it is just that Republican voters careabout such stuff while the Democrats give out free passes on all sex related actions. Just think of Bill Clinton or Al Gore for that matter).
Anyway, back to Rangel. I hope that this deal is not approved. I would like to see the charges adjudicated and appropriate punishment or exoneration result. why should a political deal coverup potential wrongdoing? The American people deserve to know the truth.
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