The Republican Economic Plan
by digby
Alan Grayson is at the top of the GOP hit list, so you can imagine they are pulling out the big, big guns to defeat him. Here’s one of them:
He doesn’t say how he would cut the deficit, spending and taxes, but he is a true outside the box thinker and it looks like he has a bold and daring plan: tax evasion.
Republican Bruce O’Donoghue owes the IRS more than $300,000 after he failed to pay his payroll taxes for last year.
“It’s a sad set of circumstances, and of course timing couldn’t have been worse,” O’Donoghue says.
The candidate told WDBO he’s the victim of a former employee that stole from him, but would not name that employee, and did not file charges against anyone.
Control Specialists Company faces a lien of $306,975. The company installs traffic signals in crosswalks.
O’Donoghue says he’s trying to negotiate a settlement and promises to pay the taxes and the interest once the penalty’s waived.
As Leona Helmsly famously said, “taxes are for the little people.” So are penalties, apparently. (Do you get to have yours waived if you fail to pay your taxes? I doubt it.)
But perhaps he’s just trying to “starve the beast,” an old tried and true right wing approach to governance. As we all know, we will only be able to reduce the deficit if we lower taxes, so this fellow is just doing his part as an individual. Indeed, he’s showing everyone the way to reduce spending — just don’t pay the bills.
When you think about it, his plan is better than Paul Ryan’s actually. Maybe this is the one Mitch McConnell is waiting to unveil at the opportune moment.
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