Thursday, February 05, 2009

On Husbands and Wives

President Obama's nomination of Rep. Hilda Solis to be labor secretary was put on hold after USA Today noted a problem.

Press secretary Robert Gibbs was quoted saying

"The story denotes that her husband had some issues with paying a business tax, and obviously that tax is -- should be paid. He's -- she's not a partner in that business, Gibbs continued. "So we're not going to penalize her for her husband's business mistakes. Obviously, her husband, I think, has and should pay any taxes that he owes."


She may not be a partner but I am guessing she benefited from his profits and income. Sums of money on which not all taxes were paid. Husband and wife are close, are they not?

Oh, oh, Obama.

1 comment:

Milhouse said...

If she's not active in the business, how can she be responsible for what it does? How would she even know about this?