Budget Chief Nominee Has A Serious 'Nannygate' Problem
Chicago Tribune
February 1, 2017 10:27 am pm
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, Jan. 31:
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Rep. Mick Mulvaney has a Zoe Baird problem.
The South Carolina Republican is President Donald Trump's pick to head the federal Office of Management and Budget. He failed to pay more than $15,000 in payroll taxes for the nanny who helped care for his triplets from 2000 to 2004.
Baird was President Bill Clinton's pick for attorney general in 1993. She would have been the first woman to hold the post, but she withdrew her name after it was revealed that she hadn't paid taxes for a nanny and a chauffeur who were in the country illegally.
Mulvaney's shown no sign of withdrawing and Trump apparently isn't going to nudge him. "The fact of the matter is that nobody is more qualified and more prepared to fight to rein in Washington spending and fight for taxpayers than Mick Mulvaney," a transition team spokesman said. "Congressman Mulvaney raised the issue surrounding the care of his premature triplets immediately upon being tapped for this position, and he has taken the appropriate follow-up measures."
It's about time. Those triplets are teenagers now. But it wasn't until Mulvaney was preparing for the confirmation review process that a light bulb went on over his head. The nanny! He quickly determined that he owed $15,583.60 in federal FICA and unemployment taxes, which he paid. He's still waiting for word on penalties and interest, plus a bill for unpaid state taxes.
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