If you truly believe it was an oversight, as many Republicans and FOXNews anchors do, then it was not cheating and Biden’s comments to not apply.
If you want to be partisan and deny that it was a mistake and an intent to defraud the government, then you can call into question their “patriotism”, according to Biden’s comments. And not even so much that it applies.

It’s beyond ludicrous to call it an honest mistake, at least in Geithner’s case. Hs company tells him “You owe this ammount in taxes. Fill out this form and we will give you the money to pay your taxes.” He filed out that form, and then pocketed the money. If he underpaid, I could almost believe that was an honest mistake. But not paying ANYTHING, and going out of his way to defraud his company out of the money. That’s tax evasion. And it is a crime.

And you’re spinning your head off. “Biden only meant this to apply to people who didn’t want higher taxes.” You know, then it applies to people who don’t want to pay WHAT THEY OWE TOO. If you’re unpatriotic for not wanting to pay higher taxes, then you’re a freakin traitor for not wanting to pay the taxes you owe.

In fact, it’s patriotic to not pay taxes which are assessed for non-Constitutional purposes, like the vast majority of social spending.

Your understanding of the Constitution is clearly lacking. Spending is allowed for the “general welfare.” It may or may not be sound policy, but it is not unconstitutional.

many people will make mistakes and look for ways out of paying taxes through loopholes or through creative ways of filing.

That or be like Tom Daschle and just not pay them! Funny that little Tommy knew he had to claim driver’s as an income when he was a Senator, but magically “forgot” he had to claim it when he was out of office. My bullshit meter is screaming! Anyone else?

It was supposed to mean that people who aren’t willing to pay a larger percentage for making more.

By these people cheating on their taxes, doesn’t that by definition mean they weren’t willing to “pay more for making more”? They made large sums of money and paid a lesser share of taxes than required by law… and none of these examples can possibly be spun as “accidental” with the possible exception of SOME of Dachle’s tax problems (ie, the driver thing). But the other two were 100% cheaters and they got caught! So they are unpatriotic in Biden’s mind.

If you truly believe it was an oversight, as many Republicans and FOXNews anchors do, then it was not cheating and Biden’s comments to not apply.

If you want to be partisan and deny that it was a mistake and an intent to defraud the government, then you can call into question their “patriotism”, according to Biden’s comments. And not even so much that it applies.

Biden never stated that the people who cheat aren’t patriotic, because nobody cheats on the majority of taxes they pay.

But I don’t think anyone of us knows for sure, so you have to either trust a guy who has never made a mistake in all his years as a taxpayer or you can believe he is lying.

Most reasonable minded people agree this was an honest mistake.

Spending is allowed for the “general welfare.” It may or may not be sound policy, but it is not unconstitutional

Au contraire, hawk. The ‘general welfare’ reference ONLY appearing in the preamble is not an integral part of the provisions of the constitution. Any fool should know that the intent of the constitution was to LIMIT the power of the central government not give it a blank check (like the statement ‘general welfare’ implies) to do what ever it please.

You guys don’t understand: Biden was only talking about Republicans paying more tax. Everyone knows that he didn’t expect Democrats to pay taxes. /sarcasm

I don’t know if paying less taxes is “unpatriotic”. Sounds more like a knee jerk, emotional statement to get people to submit themselves to the government more. If taxes are well spent, and are spent in a manner that the people choose, then paying more taxes would be justified. Until then however, how on earth would it be patriotic to pay more taxes to fund ideals which the majority of people do not support? That’s unpatriotic in itself.

Biden and the lefties have it exactly backwards. What is “patriotic” is following the Constitution and the founding principles, which says clearly that govt is limited, and therefore its power to tax us is also limited. In fact, it’s patriotic to not pay taxes which are assessed for non-Constitutional purposes, like the vast majority of social spending.

The remark was not meant to apply to people who didn’t realize they were supposed to pay taxes on something

Reagan used to keep jelly beans in the Oval Office. Obama must keep a jar of ginkgo biloba! Funny how all these guys who either wrote or enforced tax laws “didn’t realize” they were supposed to pay all their taxes until suddenly they were looking at cabinet appointments. Then they suddenly “remembered”!

As usual, your argument strains credulity.

I have never been given a legitimate reason to ever stop calling Democrats unpatriotic.

Proof,

No fool like a credulous fool!

There are no “honest mistakes” in politics. There is criminality and there is ineptitude. Anyone willing to give $200,000 passes to criminals like Daschel making “honest mistakes” are just plain foolhardy.

They will “honestly mistake” us into a depression.

Govt is supposed to be limited. BUT with our new Socialist POTUS hopes for tax paid Abortions etc…, it is bound to be limitless. (IF he gets his way?)

No, Rob. It is time for Americans to follow their elected leaders, Democrats, and not pay taxes.