Trump Pick For Budget Director Failed To Pay $15K In Taxes For Babysitter
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ALLEGRA KIRKLAND Published JANUARY 18, 2017, 2:35 PM EDT
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Donald Trump’s pick for White House budget director, failed to pay over $15,000 in payroll taxes for a babysitter he and his wife employed after the birth of their triplets, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
“I have come to learn during the confirmation review process that I failed to pay FICA and federal and state unemployment taxes on a household employee for the years 2000-2004,” Mulvaney admitted in a statement to the Senate Budget Committee obtained by the Times.
The South Carolina Republican said in the statement that he had paid over $15,000 in taxes and intends to pay the state tax bill, as well as penalties and interests, to account for the unpaid sum.
In past administrations, similar tax compliance failures have sunk the prospects of Cabinet nominees. President Barack Obama’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, Tom Daschle, withdrew his nomination in 2009 after it was revealed during the confirmation process that he failed to pay roughly $140,000 in back taxes. Former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik, George W. Bush’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, also withdrew from consideration in 2004 after disclosing that he had not paid taxes for a domestic employee who may have been an undocumented immigrant.
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only a smart person should be budget director. Stupid people pay taxes. 
Kenny Rogers knows:
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
Every gambler knows
That the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
And knowin' what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner
And every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for is to die
in your sleep
