Uff Da!
That is all I can say after reading the latest in the Al Franken tax saga.
$70,000 in 17 states! Uff da!
Franken on Tuesday told the Associated Press that he never intended to avoid paying taxes and that on the advice of his accountant, had paid taxes to the city and state where he lived.
While it is good that Franken finally came clean, one has to wonder why Wesley Snipes attorney had not come up with the same "I never intended to avoid paying my taxes" defense?
I wonder how many other states Franken has made money in and not paid taxes.
One of the most tired old saws of life is this..."it's not the wrong doing that gets you...it's the cover-up". Franken's ever changing excuses as to why he didn't pay his workmans comp ("we were disputing the findings", "we didn't know the state of New York was looking for us", "we never got the notifications" and then when shown that they signed for the notifications finally "we are working out payment with the state of New York") and now California show us much about candidate Franken and it is not good! I mean here we have a candidate who says in a campaign appearance that he loves businesses that "play by the rules" and then he turns around and IGNORES the rules that other businesses are expected to play by!
This latest revelation has got to be the final straw for DFL delegates. You have to think that the phone lines between the DFL Headquarters and Mike Cirisi's house are buzzing as the DFL leadership scrambles to find a credible candidate that will stand up the scrutiny of a "premier" campaign.
DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken, frontrunner in the race to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, owes $70,000 in back taxes in 17 states, where he earned income going back to 2003.
$70,000 in 17 states! Uff da!
Franken on Tuesday told the Associated Press that he never intended to avoid paying taxes and that on the advice of his accountant, had paid taxes to the city and state where he lived.
While it is good that Franken finally came clean, one has to wonder why Wesley Snipes attorney had not come up with the same "I never intended to avoid paying my taxes" defense?
Franken's campaign staff initially said Franken had dissolved the California entity in 2003, producing an unsigned letter on blank paper, dated September, 2003, in which a tax accountant said the company would "no longer be doing business in California."
Franken has had numerous engagements in California during those years, and in his U.S. Senate Financial Disclosure Report, filed May, 2007, stated that he does business not only in California, but in New York, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Delaware, Michigan, Kentucky and elsewhere.
I wonder how many other states Franken has made money in and not paid taxes.
One of the most tired old saws of life is this..."it's not the wrong doing that gets you...it's the cover-up". Franken's ever changing excuses as to why he didn't pay his workmans comp ("we were disputing the findings", "we didn't know the state of New York was looking for us", "we never got the notifications" and then when shown that they signed for the notifications finally "we are working out payment with the state of New York") and now California show us much about candidate Franken and it is not good! I mean here we have a candidate who says in a campaign appearance that he loves businesses that "play by the rules" and then he turns around and IGNORES the rules that other businesses are expected to play by!
This latest revelation has got to be the final straw for DFL delegates. You have to think that the phone lines between the DFL Headquarters and Mike Cirisi's house are buzzing as the DFL leadership scrambles to find a credible candidate that will stand up the scrutiny of a "premier" campaign.
Labels: Al Franken, Senator Norm Coleman
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