And America wants this to succeed?

“Oh, Sergei, you mean you’ve lost another submarine?

Word today that yet another Barack Obama appointee has a little problem with taxes — a $10,000 problem.

Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas who would be the White House chief trade representative if confirmed, didn’t pay taxes on some speaking fees he donated to his alma mater and he tried to write off the full $17,000 costs of his Dallas Mavericks season tickets.”

Let’s see, Timothy Geithner, Tom Daschle, Nancy Killefer, Hilda Solis, oh and Bill Richardson.

Yep, that’s the kind of success we can do without.

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