04-02-2009, 11:27 AM
If he did the right thing, then why the criticism? Bush would've applauded his Cabinet pick for not paying taxes and would've lauded running double standards.
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Obama admits 'screwing up'
Wednesday, February 4 08:40 am
US President Barack Obama has admitted he "screwed up" after the withdrawal of two key government nominees over unpaid taxes. Skip related content
The messy political developments threatened to blunt Mr Obama's effort to take his economic message to the US through a series of TV interviews.
Former senator Tom Daschle pulled out as Mr Obama's pick as Health and Human Services secretary, citing a growing chorus of criticism over his failure to fully pay taxes from 2005 through 2007. He has since paid more than $140,000 (£97,200) including interest.
Mr Obama admitted making a mistake. He said: "I think I screwed up, and I take responsibility for it, and we're going to make sure we fix it so it doesn't happen again."
The President said he wanted to assure the US that under his leadership there would not be "two sets of standards, one for powerful people, and one for ordinary folks who are working everyday and paying their tax."
Mr Daschle's departure was a deep blow to the White House because it not only cost Mr Obama his services as a Cabinet secretary but removed him from the second important role he was to play in shepherding the administration's hopes of overhauling the nation's health care system.
It came just hours after Nancy Killefer pulled her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, saying she didn't want her failure to submit payroll taxes for household help to be a distraction for the President.
She had faced but subsequently settled a Washington city government tax demand of $946 (£656) on her home.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090204/twl-...f21e0.html
Obama admits 'screwing up'
Wednesday, February 4 08:40 am
US President Barack Obama has admitted he "screwed up" after the withdrawal of two key government nominees over unpaid taxes. Skip related content
The messy political developments threatened to blunt Mr Obama's effort to take his economic message to the US through a series of TV interviews.
Former senator Tom Daschle pulled out as Mr Obama's pick as Health and Human Services secretary, citing a growing chorus of criticism over his failure to fully pay taxes from 2005 through 2007. He has since paid more than $140,000 (£97,200) including interest.
Mr Obama admitted making a mistake. He said: "I think I screwed up, and I take responsibility for it, and we're going to make sure we fix it so it doesn't happen again."
The President said he wanted to assure the US that under his leadership there would not be "two sets of standards, one for powerful people, and one for ordinary folks who are working everyday and paying their tax."
Mr Daschle's departure was a deep blow to the White House because it not only cost Mr Obama his services as a Cabinet secretary but removed him from the second important role he was to play in shepherding the administration's hopes of overhauling the nation's health care system.
It came just hours after Nancy Killefer pulled her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, saying she didn't want her failure to submit payroll taxes for household help to be a distraction for the President.
She had faced but subsequently settled a Washington city government tax demand of $946 (£656) on her home.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14