Anonymous
10/02/2012 09:09
Subject: Ryan failed to report 60k of income on his taxes
Rangel lost the chairmanship of Ways and Means over his flap. I guess Ryan's consequences will just be a rejection by voters. But beyond that, should there be sanctions of severity in Congress? Should he be stripped of the Budget Committee gavel since that's the precedent?
Anonymous
10/02/2012 00:37
Subject: Ryan failed to report 60k of income on his taxes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When Charlie Rangel underreported income from a vacation home and forgot to disclose several bank accounts on his federal disclosure form, the consensus on this site (including from Steele) was that Rangel had to go.
Ryan so far has failed to disclose a $1M trust and failed to pay $60K of taxes on it.
I am willing to say that it is an honest mistake. Hell I even defended the guy on another post, explaining the honest reason he may have failed to disclose it.
But since you are so dismissive, now I have to point out that
(1) misplacing $60K of income on a $1m trust is a bit tone deaf, and
(2) the conservatives and liberals alike on this site wanted Charlie Rangel's head for mistakes of a similar size. There appears to be a bit of a double standard on diligence here.
You say this like Rangel wasn't found guilty of 11 ethics violations (by a vote of 9-1) and one of only 23 members to be censured by the House ever. It wasn't tr amount of money but the willful disregard for House rules. Ryan on the other hand complied with the rules and when the mistake was found paid and paid the whooping $59 penalty and amended his financial disclosure. You would literally go blind reading all the amended disclosures that are filed each year.
No, when he got originally investigated, it was about his condo income from the caribbean. It was a mistake of a similar size. Do I have to dig up the time-dated quotes from DCUM to prove this?
Here it is. DCUM wanted Rangel's head when it was just the condo income and the tax underreporting from it. A problem of a similar size.
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/26921.page
Anonymous
10/02/2012 00:33
Subject: Ryan failed to report 60k of income on his taxes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When Charlie Rangel underreported income from a vacation home and forgot to disclose several bank accounts on his federal disclosure form, the consensus on this site (including from Steele) was that Rangel had to go.
Ryan so far has failed to disclose a $1M trust and failed to pay $60K of taxes on it.
I am willing to say that it is an honest mistake. Hell I even defended the guy on another post, explaining the honest reason he may have failed to disclose it.
But since you are so dismissive, now I have to point out that
(1) misplacing $60K of income on a $1m trust is a bit tone deaf, and
(2) the conservatives and liberals alike on this site wanted Charlie Rangel's head for mistakes of a similar size. There appears to be a bit of a double standard on diligence here.
You say this like Rangel wasn't found guilty of 11 ethics violations (by a vote of 9-1) and one of only 23 members to be censured by the House ever. It wasn't tr amount of money but the willful disregard for House rules. Ryan on the other hand complied with the rules and when the mistake was found paid and paid the whooping $59 penalty and amended his financial disclosure. You would literally go blind reading all the amended disclosures that are filed each year.
No, when he got originally investigated, it was about his condo income from the caribbean. It was a mistake of a similar size. Do I have to dig up the time-dated quotes from DCUM to prove this?