How To Disqualify Yourself

If you're up for Secretary of the Treasury and your background pulls up stuff like this:

According to people familiar with the matter, Mr. Geithner employed a housekeeper whose immigration papers expired during her tenure with Mr. Geithner, currently president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The woman went on to get a green card to work legally in the country and federal immigration authorities didn't press charges against her, these people said.

The second issue involved taxes due while Mr. Geithner worked for the International Monetary Fund between 2001 and 2004. As an employee, Mr. Geithner was technically considered self-employed and was required to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for himself as both an employer and an employee.

He apparently failed to do so, resulting in Internal Revenue Service audits his last two years at the IMF. As soon as the IRS brought the issue to his attention, he paid the taxes with interest, these people said.

Then you have basically completely disqualified yourself for the job...period. The dude responsible for fixing our multi-trillion dollar septic tank of an economy apparently welched on his friggin' taxes.

Now it's no secret that I don't like Tim Geithner at all, as far as I'm concerned he's one of the guys responsible for this mess. But this is ridiculous to the point of being insanity.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Tim.