The Obama Tax Cheat machine

I wrote about this earlier, but it seems that the tax cheat machine for Obama's cabinet nominees doesn't end. This is from today's New York Post editorial:

* Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle ponied up $120,000 in back taxes to save his nomination as secretary of health and human services. He lost the gig anyway - but not before being strongly backed by Obama.

* Nancy Killefer, a former director at McKinsey & Co., withdrew her name from consideration for the new position of chief performance officer because of a failure to pay unemployment taxes for domestic help at her DC home. The $946.69 bill was paid only after a lien was placed on her house.

* New York Federal Reserve Bank President Tim Geithner was confirmed as treasury secretary, despite not paying - until his nomination - more than $43,000 in self-employment taxes from 2001-2004.

* And now, the husband of Labor Secretary-designate Solis had tax liens on his California auto-repair shop dating back 16 years, until finally settling them last week. Her nomination remains unresolved.