The Rangel Rule?

Hey, I'm in agreement with this. Congressman John Carter, R-Texas, has introduced a bill to let taxpayers pay their back taxes without any interest or penalties. He uses Congressman Charlie Rangel D-NY as his inspiration. Congressman Rangel is, of course, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means committee.

The legislation calls for the creation of what he calls the, "Rangel Rule," -- drawing attention to the recent legal issues of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., enabling citizens who fail to pay taxes on time to do so later with no additional fees.

Rangel, who writes the country's tax policies, acknowledged last fall that he failed to pay thousands in real estate taxes for rental income he earned from a property in the Dominican Republic.

As of September 2008 the Harlem Democrat reportedly paid back more than $10,000 in taxes but that did not include any IRS penalties.

Rangel's a crook, in violation of several state and federal laws. He's the tenant of several rent-stabilized apartments in violation of local law and he has been delinquent on his taxes and fails to pay penalties or interest as required by law. No one's going to enforce the law against Rangel, though. He's a Congressman and they have certain priveliges that the rest of us don't enjoy.

So, this bill allows the rest of the taxpayers to do what Charlie Rangel has been doing as a matter of privelige and entitlement.

I think I'll call my Congressman and tell him to support it.