Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Appointmentosis?
Has Barack Obama come down with a case of appointmentosis? So many of his appointments have things wrong with them, including taking payments and not paying taxes, that one wonders what's wrong with him. The answer is nothing.
Look, people. We have a CRISIS! Financial institutions are hurting because they have to write off so many bad mortgages. The stock markets plummet. Layoff after layoff occurs in the corporate world, and companies, such as Circuit City, fail. Further, there is peak oil on the horizon which threatens to make things a lot worse. And we are saying something is wrong because some of his appointments haven't turned out right. OK, there are some scoundrels out there like the guy who Madoff with our money. But are we going to get hung up on appointments because these people did not pay all their taxes? Where's the attitude of Yes We Can? We can't if we get hornswoggled around the propriety of an appointment where the appointee did not pay a mere $900 in taxes. Most of us lost far more in the markets. Besides, these taxes are hornswoggling us. The IRS calls on us to make estimated payments or else pay penalty fees. But how can we do that when we can't predict how much income we have? Depending on whether the economy improves or degrades, there could be a huge difference in income and hence taxes. Further, some of the most determining aspects of our taxes such as forms K-1 are the ones for which we get the information so late that we may have to file for an extension. I don't want any extension if I am due a refund!
We need to get over this appointmentosis and select and ratify some talented people, so we can get going with solving these Fourth Turning crises. Just do it. Appoint these people. They are paying back their taxes. We got work ahead of us. Let's get going.
Look, people. We have a CRISIS! Financial institutions are hurting because they have to write off so many bad mortgages. The stock markets plummet. Layoff after layoff occurs in the corporate world, and companies, such as Circuit City, fail. Further, there is peak oil on the horizon which threatens to make things a lot worse. And we are saying something is wrong because some of his appointments haven't turned out right. OK, there are some scoundrels out there like the guy who Madoff with our money. But are we going to get hung up on appointments because these people did not pay all their taxes? Where's the attitude of Yes We Can? We can't if we get hornswoggled around the propriety of an appointment where the appointee did not pay a mere $900 in taxes. Most of us lost far more in the markets. Besides, these taxes are hornswoggling us. The IRS calls on us to make estimated payments or else pay penalty fees. But how can we do that when we can't predict how much income we have? Depending on whether the economy improves or degrades, there could be a huge difference in income and hence taxes. Further, some of the most determining aspects of our taxes such as forms K-1 are the ones for which we get the information so late that we may have to file for an extension. I don't want any extension if I am due a refund!
We need to get over this appointmentosis and select and ratify some talented people, so we can get going with solving these Fourth Turning crises. Just do it. Appoint these people. They are paying back their taxes. We got work ahead of us. Let's get going.
