My post on Treasury Secretary Nominee Geithner's Tax Problems has attracted a lot of attention, especially my observation that "[p]erhaps most surprising is that Mr. Geithner prepared his own tax returns in four of the years in question." James Taranto notes in the Wall Street Journal, Too Taxing: The Lesson of Geithner's IRS Troubles:
We're tempted to say America needs a Treasury secretary who is smart enough to figure out his own taxes. But such a cheap shot would be beneath us. Instead, we are going to make a serious point:
America needs a tax code simple enough for the Treasury secretary to figure out.
