Another Obama Nominee With Tax Problems Withdraws

President Obama keeps digging up nominees for high profile positions that have significant tax issues. First it was Tim Geithner. Then it was Tom Daschle.

Now, we find out that Nancy Killefer has withdrawn her name from consideration as the Chief Performance Officer.

President Barack Obama's nominee to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government has withdrawn, the White House said Tuesday.

"Nancy Killefer has decided to withdraw her nomination, and we accepted her withdrawal," said Tommy Vietor, a White House spokesman.

The 55-year-old executive with consulting giant McKinsey & Co. was expected to explain her reasons for pulling out later in the day.

Killefer was the second major Obama administration nominee to withdraw and the third to have tax problems complicate their nomination after President Barack Obama announced their selection.

Killefer's problem? Tax liens against her property totaling $946.69.

That's more than a hundred thousand dollars less than the taxes owed by Daschle. In fact, it's less than 1% of Daschle's overdue tax bill.

Tom Daschle should go and he's even lost the support and backing of the New York Times.

The Obama Administration has so far backed Daschle, despite his tax problems, and that speaks volumes as to Obama's disdain for upholding the law. Obama and his fellow Democrats talked about how there was a culture of corruption in Washington, but we now know that they really wanted to replace the GOP culture of corruption with their own.

The GOP rolled over and approved Geithner, and they may well approve Daschle, despite their tax problems. These people broke federal tax law, and yet are getting off with barely a slap on the wrist for it. Daschle would not have amended his tax returns had his name not come up for consideration as a nominee. In other words, but for his nomination, his tax evasion would have continued.

UPDATE:
Instapundit and Michelle Malkin both wonder if anyone in the Obama administration pays taxes. Given the propensity of their nominees to not pay taxes over a period of years, it certainly does raise that question. None of these problems happened overnight either. These people failed to pay their taxes over a period of years, or had the tax problems going back for years, and the Obama Administration still nominated them. That's telling in and of itself.

UPDATE:
Hot Air notes that Republican Senator Jim DeMint has called for Daschle to withdraw his name from consideration (video provided as well).

UPDATE:
Apparently Daschle wasn't that sentimental.



UPDATE:
In addition to the property tax lien, the real issue is that she didn't pay employment taxes on household help.