Congressman who cried about others' tax problems dodged taxes

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is a scuzzy fuck who ought to resign immediately.

King got a Conservative Fool Of The Day entry on the old blog because he praised Joe McCarthy and because of his bill (as a state legislator) to expand workplace drug testing. (So if conservatives are so worried about the unemployed not having to take drug tests while the employed do, it's the conservatives' own fucking fault.)

Now Steve King is one of 4 congressmen - all Republicans - named in a Roll Call report describing their tax evasion. The others are Tom Petri of Wisconsin, Phil Gingrey of Georgia, and Mike Rogers of Alabama.

According to this report, the legislators are improperly claiming tax deductions on second residences in the Washington, D.C., area. King is getting a homestead tax deduction on his Washington condo.

The homestead tax credit is supposed to apply only for homes that you use as your primary residence - not as your second home. But King's official primary residence is in Iowa. Otherwise, he wouldn't be allowed to run for Congress from Iowa.

What a goddamn tax cheat.

Now here's the real bipper: In February, Steve King criticized Tom Daschle for his tax problems. King said, "Confirming Tom Daschle as Health Secretary would be an insult to the millions of Americans who work hard and pay their taxes on time. If President Obama continues to press for Daschle's confirmation, it sends a message to the American people that paying taxes is irrelevant and unnecessary. This nomination represents the height of hypocrisy from an Administration that promised change and new levels of transparency in government."

What about your own damn tax problems, Steve? If King thought Daschle shouldn't be confirmed because of his tax woes, then that means King should resign himself for his own tax issues.

Of course, King blamed the whole debacle on the D.C. tax department.

Yep, nothing's ever a Republican congressperson's fault, is it?

(Source: http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2009/03/26/news/local/a4a7beff29050e748625758500097706.txt)