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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (50276)	10/6/2008 9:28:54 AM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224724

Rangel as we know has been accused of avoiding income taxes from his foreign rental properties...this is the man in charge! The point I made was that Kenneth refused to comment about this reported tax evasion because the guy is in a position to absolutely know whether he had to pay taxes on income...for some reason partisans like Kenneth stand by their party members...even when it is clearly wrong to do so... It’s three weeks until Election Day and Charlie Rangel is already acting like he’s in charge. With the Democrats poised to take over the House in November—putting the 76-year-old dean of the New York Congressional delegation on the verge of landing the most potent and coveted job of his career—Mr. Rangel’s recent public appearances have taken on the look and feel of a victory tour. “When I become chairman of the Ways and Means Committee,” he said Thursday night in front of the Hudson River School paintings at the New-York Historical Society, “we will have power over the entire tax system, Social Security system, pension system, Medicare and all international trade.” For some Republicans—most notably President George W. Bush—the thought of that broad mandate falling into the bejeweled hands of Mr. Rangel is a nightmare. The Republicans have been sharing their dark vision with anyone who will listen, using the prospect of a Rangel chairmanship to scare up support for their own candidates. (“It is a bad thing,” said Republican National Committee spokesman Aaron McLear. “Taxes across the board will be raised.”)