Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Another Bilker Politician Owes Back Taxes

And for once, it's not one of Obama's cabinet members. It's the person that had an intricate part in making sure John McCain never made it to the White House.

Yup, Sarah "I read all sorts of papers" Palin, now owes back taxes on thousands of dollars of perks that she has received.

Now, I realize that it is a new ruling, and I'm sure she'll getting around to paying them, especially since she is desperately trying to cling on to her slim hope of 2012.

But that's not the part that I found the most alarming. It was the fact that she took per diem's for staying at home:

The payments became a touchy issue for Palin last fall when she was running for vice president and campaigned as a budget watchdog.

The Washington Post published a story in mid-September that said she had charged the state almost $17,000 for meals and incidentals while staying in her own home.

The state considers Juneau, where she lives in the Governor's Mansion, to be Palin's official duty station.

Palin billed the state for 312 nights spent in her Wasilla home during her first 19 months in office, according to the Washington Post. She received $60 a day tax free, money intended to cover meals and incidentals, while traveling on state business, her travel forms show.

"Last fall we raised questions about longstanding practices within the Department of Administration regarding tax treatment of per diem payments," Kreitzer wrote in an exchange of e-mails over the past few days with the Daily News.

Not bad work if you can get it.

Now the right will show themselves as the hypocrites that they are by trying to defend this in 3...2...1...

Tip of the Crown to grumps

2 comments:

  1. Hmm. I wonder if she'll skate on the penalties like certain others who shall remain nameless. If she owes them, she pays them.

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  2. Like I said Bill, it's not the taxes that bother me as much as getting paid $170 for sitting in her house.

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