Comments on: Five Republicans Vote to Put Our Economy in the Hands of an Incompetent http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/22/five-republicans-vote-to-put-our-economy-in-the-hands-of-an-incompetent/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: strongeaglehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/22/five-republicans-vote-to-put-our-economy-in-the-hands-of-an-incompetent/comment-page-1/#comment-678937 strongeagle Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:16:13 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7522#comment-678937 Mr. Geithner's tax discrepancy is pretty straigtfoward. This isn't rocket science, any 1st year H&R Block tax preparer knows how to treat 1099 Misc income. The problem is that Mr. Geithner deliberately ignored the tax law and counted on not being caught. He is at best a tax cheat. Despite his great financial skill and managerial expertise he is untrustworthy and morally deficient. His appointment to run the Treasury and the IRS is a slap in the face to all of us poor bastards who get a W2 and pay our taxes whether we want to or not. Mr. Geithner's tax discrepancy is pretty straigtfoward. This isn't rocket science, any 1st year H&R Block tax preparer knows how to treat 1099 Misc income. The problem is that Mr. Geithner deliberately ignored the tax law and counted on not being caught. He is at best a tax cheat. Despite his great financial skill and managerial expertise he is untrustworthy and morally deficient. His appointment to run the Treasury and the IRS is a slap in the face to all of us poor bastards who get a W2 and pay our taxes whether we want to or not.

]]> By: Mr. Science Guyhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/22/five-republicans-vote-to-put-our-economy-in-the-hands-of-an-incompetent/comment-page-1/#comment-678694 Mr. Science Guy Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:08:19 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7522#comment-678694 <blockquote>Mathematics itself is inherently self-conflicting, as Kurt Godel proved so eloquently. </blockquote> How shall I put this? Either you misunderstand Godel, or you intentionally oversimplify his conclusion. Your implication is that tax law is inherently imperfect, and imperfectible, but that claim is supported by no evidence whatsoever. Perhaps, like Jimmie frequently does, you intend to make your point by analogy; if so, I'm afraid I'm too literal to follow it.

Mathematics itself is inherently self-conflicting, as Kurt Godel proved so eloquently.

How shall I put this? Either you misunderstand Godel, or you intentionally oversimplify his conclusion. Your implication is that tax law is inherently imperfect, and imperfectible, but that claim is supported by no evidence whatsoever.

Perhaps, like Jimmie frequently does, you intend to make your point by analogy; if so, I'm afraid I'm too literal to follow it.

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/22/five-republicans-vote-to-put-our-economy-in-the-hands-of-an-incompetent/comment-page-1/#comment-678666 Jimmie Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:08:14 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7522#comment-678666 You're flailing badly. it's almost like you don't really read what I write. You're flailing badly. it's almost like you don't really read what I write.

]]> By: fosterthttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/22/five-republicans-vote-to-put-our-economy-in-the-hands-of-an-incompetent/comment-page-1/#comment-678660 fostert Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:03:30 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7522#comment-678660 As for your desire to remove Cornyn, I couldn't agree more. He was my Senator for a few years, and I hated him. I can respect Hutchison, but not Cornyn. See? We can agree on things. As for your desire to remove Cornyn, I couldn't agree more. He was my Senator for a few years, and I hated him. I can respect Hutchison, but not Cornyn. See? We can agree on things.

]]> By: fosterthttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/22/five-republicans-vote-to-put-our-economy-in-the-hands-of-an-incompetent/comment-page-1/#comment-678659 fostert Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:54:09 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7522#comment-678659 "Geithner is not fit to run a local office of H&R Block much less the entire Internal Revenue Service." Umm, the guy ran the New York Federal Reserve. If it were simply in New York, it would be the most important one. But the New York Federal Reserve does much more than just that. It's where all paper currency goes to die. It also holds the largest amount of gold in the world. Suck on that, Fort Knox. It does more international financial transactions than anyone. All of Zurich can't even hold a candle to the New York Federal Reserve. As you would expect, security is pretty tight there. They have more security personnel than Manhattan's Police force. The building is designed like a maze. The elevators stop at random floors. You can't get to the next floor without taking three elevators. Take a tour, it's really cool. He ran that well, by all accounts. Yeah, he screwed up on his taxes. I do that every year. TurboTax can't even handle my business, and my tax return is only 90 pages long. His comes in bound volumes. You try to write the Encyclopedia Britannica without making a mistake. The tax code suffers from a very simple problem: it's self conflicting. When you are faced with two conflicting rules, what do you do? Well, you chose the one that asks for less money. And then you go to court over it. He did that, which makes him a pretty sensible guy. It would be nice if the tax code didn't have conflicting provisions, but that's not possible. Mathematics itself is inherently self-conflicting, as Kurt Godel proved so eloquently. Okay, it wasn't so eloquent, he did it using binary math, which doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Regardless, Geithner is well respected, unlike Hank Paulson. And I didn't hear you screaming about Hank, did I? Oh, and Geithner was warning about an economic downturn in 2006. What was Paulson doing then? Telling everyone that the economy looked fine for the foreseeable future. I'm sure Hank would like to take those words back. Geithner doesn't have to take his words back. He was right. "Geithner is not fit to run a local office of H&R Block much less the entire Internal Revenue Service."

Umm, the guy ran the New York Federal Reserve. If it were simply in New York, it would be the most important one. But the New York Federal Reserve does much more than just that. It's where all paper currency goes to die. It also holds the largest amount of gold in the world. Suck on that, Fort Knox. It does more international financial transactions than anyone. All of Zurich can't even hold a candle to the New York Federal Reserve. As you would expect, security is pretty tight there. They have more security personnel than Manhattan's Police force. The building is designed like a maze. The elevators stop at random floors. You can't get to the next floor without taking three elevators. Take a tour, it's really cool. He ran that well, by all accounts. Yeah, he screwed up on his taxes. I do that every year. TurboTax can't even handle my business, and my tax return is only 90 pages long. His comes in bound volumes. You try to write the Encyclopedia Britannica without making a mistake. The tax code suffers from a very simple problem: it's self conflicting. When you are faced with two conflicting rules, what do you do? Well, you chose the one that asks for less money. And then you go to court over it. He did that, which makes him a pretty sensible guy. It would be nice if the tax code didn't have conflicting provisions, but that's not possible. Mathematics itself is inherently self-conflicting, as Kurt Godel proved so eloquently. Okay, it wasn't so eloquent, he did it using binary math, which doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Regardless, Geithner is well respected, unlike Hank Paulson. And I didn't hear you screaming about Hank, did I? Oh, and Geithner was warning about an economic downturn in 2006. What was Paulson doing then? Telling everyone that the economy looked fine for the foreseeable future. I'm sure Hank would like to take those words back. Geithner doesn't have to take his words back. He was right.

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