Politics

Slimy Politics or Real Person Mistakes?

Timonthy Geithner…criminal or a man who made an honest mistake? Geithner was named Treasury Secretary in Barack Obama’s Adminstration and when the announcement was made, one would think we should be glad to know who was appointed. Instead controversy swarmed. In January, reports revealed that Geithner had failed to pay over $30,000 in taxes while he was employed with the IMF between 2001-2004. He didn’t make payment until his nomination (coincidenceeeee?).

None the less, Geithner was confirmed by a 60 to 34 vote in the senate after of course, maintaining that he had no knowledge of the tax error until his audit.

Geithner is a graduate from Dartmouth and Johns Hopkins – how could a man with such a prestigious education be “unknowing” about this major mistake in his specialized field? One can only hope that politics is taking a new turn and instead of trying to cover up scandal, they are attempting to display that even educated people in important positions can make mistakes and that they too are real people?