More tax troubles for Charlie Rangel (08/29/09)
Tax Cheat
It looks as though Charlie Rangel may be in even more tax trouble. But before I get into that, in case you have either forgotten or did not know, here are some of his tax problems; Charlie Rangel forgot to pay taxes on a rental property that he owns in the Dominican Republic, he also “forgot” to pay taxes on the sale of a house he owned in Colorado.
Charlie Rangel has been under investigation by the House Ethics committee and he has suddenly been amending his financial disclosure forms, adding over $1 million to his income between 2002 and 2006. He claims that while he forgot to release this income on his financial disclosure forms that he has paid taxes on this newly found income. But buried in this article about his failing to report his true net worth to congress for years is the following little tidbit:
Rangel is in arrears on New Jersey property taxes — for property that for more than 15 years he failed to disclose to Congress and the public.
It seems as though income tax isn’t the only tax that Charlie Rangel is adverse to paying. He hasn’t been paying property taxes on properties that he owns in New Jersey, this seems to be a frequent occurrence with Rangel because according to this New York Post article there have been at least six liens on that property in the last sixteen years. Charlie Rangel is a habitual offender.
As chairman of the House Ways and Means committee this all comes from the man that is in charge of writing the tax codes. This man has one hell of a nerve still sitting on this board, it is time for him to resign his chairmanship at the very least. I think that he should resign from congress also but stepping down from the House Ways and Means committee would be a good start.
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He won’t step down nor will he resign. He will have to be forced out by a conviction just like William Jefferson (D-LA).
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You are right, he will not resign and he will not be asked to. I do find him being forced out by conviction a perfectly acceptable conclusion! 🙂
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What a total dirtbag. I’m surprised he didn’t write himself a loophole, or did he? I can’t imagine his ego would even fit in the witness chair in a courtroom.I really hope he keeps getting exposed and hammered on this stuff. Sleaze, slime, I do wonder, though, how he rationalizes it to himself. Some sort of sense of entitlement I’m sure.
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You would think that he knows where those loophole are but evidently he does not even understand the tax code that he expects us to follow.
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Can Rangle be impeached? This guy just frustrates me to no end. I you or I did that, we would be in jail!
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Article 2 Section 4 of the constitution states “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
There has been much debate about “civil officers of the United States” and who can be impeached. There has been one senator who has been impeached so it seems to me that precedence has been set. While I would love to see it happen there is no way that a Democrat controlled congress will ever let it happen.
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Maybe the morons if New York’s 15th district will grow a brain cell and vote his ass OUT of there next year. I won’t hold my breath, but you never know!
If I lived in Glassboro, New Jersey, I would be at the town clerks office EVERY single quarter, trying to put a bid on his property. Eventually I might even get to buy it dirt cheap. Then I would offer to sell it back to him at current value, just to twist the knife in his back.
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Ron is right Joe. There is no way that he will be voted out, we just have to wait until he is found guilty of a crime.
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How does an administration of criminals find him guilty of a crime?
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The honor among thieves.
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The voters in his district will certainly not turn him out. He is in a very safe area. It will take court action in my opinion to get rid of this snake.
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