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2008-10-25 -Lurid Crime Tales-

New York governor's top aide quits in tax flap

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "clinical depression kept him from paying taxes"

Paying taxes makes me depressed too. It doesn't stop me though.

Posted by Minister of funny walks 2008-10-25 03:22|| 2008-10-25 03:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Funny how that works.

Got an excuse for everything.

Posted by badanov 2008-10-25 03:42|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2008-10-25 03:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Having known someone who suffered from serious depression requiring (not just inviting) medication I can well believe this guy didn't get it together to pay his taxes.

He should have fixed that or at least arranged a negotiated payment schedule before taking this job tho.

Posted by lotp 2008-10-25 07:33|| 2008-10-25 07:33|| Front Page Top

#4 It doesn't appear to have affected his woking, though. If we just look hard enough we can all find something that makes us Victims. This is the age of Victimhood.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-10-25 09:41|| 2008-10-25 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 heh - now the Kennedy's won't get their loan paid back...at least not with tax dollars

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-10-25 09:51|| 2008-10-25 09:51|| Front Page Top

#6 #1) He wasn't too depressed to generate income requiring $300,000 in taxes (which implies 6 figure incomes).

#2) Per the article: He was responsible for mapping out policy and politics as Paterson rose from the near powerless Democratic minority in the Senate to lieutenant governor and then governor after Democrat Eliot Spitzer resigned in March amid a prostitution scandal. . . Which seems to inconsistent with someone who was too depressed to pay someone to prepare his tax returns.

This guy is not a victim.

Posted by DoDo 2008-10-25 10:42|| 2008-10-25 10:42|| Front Page Top

#7 An Obama administration won't make me too depressed to pay my taxes (since I figure jail would be even more depressing). But I can see it making me too depressed to work real ambitiously

Deacon's nailed it. Too many Americans insist on being victims. The NRA program title for self defense - Refuse to Be a Victim - really should apply to all of us in all possible ways.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-10-25 10:52|| 2008-10-25 10:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Re. Dr. Steve's comment on political affiliation of this seedy politician - I think the title of this whole page is redundant. I am finding it very difficult to find a non-seedy politician; seediness may be an essential ingredient of a politician.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-10-25 10:55|| 2008-10-25 10:55|| Front Page Top

#9 This is terrible for genuinely depressed people who do have problems getting their shit together every day.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-10-25 11:12|| 2008-10-25 11:12|| Front Page Top

#10 This is terrible for genuinely depressed people who do have problems getting their shit together every day.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles

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Here try this Bright Pebbles:

I Keep a Huge Bowl on my Desk in which I collect all of my S**T.

Every week or so I MIX IT UP, WEIGHT IT, and then SNAIL MAIL IT to my LEAST FAVORITE POLITICIAN OR LAWYER!

Posted by Red Dawg ">Red Dawg 2008-10-25 18:03|| 2008-10-25 18:03|| Front Page Top

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