So, current scuttlebutt is that Obama owes back taxes going back four years on one of his residences. Seems he didn't find it important enough to pay his property taxes, and it's finally catching up with him.

Some of his excuses...

1. He owns seven houses, so it's hard to keep track. Sounds like a pretty elitist statement, to me.

2. The house is actually owned by a trust that he set up. Also a lame excuse...if you're going to try and reduce your tax burden by setting up tax shelter trusts to own your many homes, you're still the one ultimately responsible for making sure that the taxes get paid.

3. It slipped his mind, and besides, he hired someone to take care of that kind of stuff, and they're the one who dropped the ball. Nice responsibility shift, but as they say, "The Buck Stops Here", and trying to stuff your responsibilities off on someone else smacks of the type of "plausible deniability" that we've been having for the past eight years...not exactly a glowing recommendation in a possible POTUS.

Do we really want someone who is this irresponsible, and pays attention to detail and his responsibilities running a corner mini-mart, much less the United States of America?

I think the most telling aspects are the elitist statements about "slipping his mind", "seven houses is a lot to remember", and "I hire people to take care of this stuff"...perhaps the allegations of elitism are true.

When the country is in the situation that millions of people are losing their one and only home, and a possible president can't "keep track because he owns seven", how can he possibly relate to the working man, the middle class...you know, most of America?

I think this behavior is reprehensible...am I alone on this one?

Fish on...

Todd