Tax cheats, pork bill don't impress

Obama is off to a great start. He made speeches touting that his administration will be clean. Well, that didn't last long, did it. Geithner? A crook! Daschle? A bigger crook! So what, they paid the back taxes. Penalties? Nada! Interest? Nada! And then there's Charlie Rangel, another democrat who didn't claim $75,000 in rental income. Now all three of these gentlemen made excuses of some sort. So, if these guys have a hard time figuring out the tax codes, how do they expect us ordinary citizens to figure out every little detail?

We all know what would happen to you or me if we tried to get away with something like this. Obama touted that he will have a clean administration, but has no problem with appointees who break the law.

One last thing. Don't be fooled by this "bailout" package. It's nothing but a spending, make government bigger, government taking over more private industry package and will be bad for America. I applaud the house Republicans for standing firm. They couldn't stop it, but they made a statement. Look for inflation to take over big time in the next couple of years.

Al Haak

Palatine