Democrats on Paying Taxes: Do as We Say, Not as We Do

With the fall elections fast approaching, Democrats are taking heat for stalling on taxes. If the Democratic-controlled Congress does not act by Dec. 31, the effect will be a $115 billion tax increase next year.

Amid intensifying pressure, however, some prominent Democrats remain tone-deaf -- and delinquent -- when it comes to taxes. To wit:

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., avoided paying $500,000 in taxes on his yacht.
Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets to the IRS.
Barack Obama's first health and human services nominee, Tom Daschle, failed to pay $128,000 in taxes.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner failed to pay $34,000 In taxes.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and her husband had to pay $7,000 in back taxes.
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis' husband had a tax lien on his business for 16 years.
Nancy Killefer, slated to be the White House chief performance officer, had a $900 lien on her house for failing to pay unemployment taxes for household help.
Lael Brainard, Obama's nominee for undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs, was late paying property taxes.

The foregoing list was compiled by GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum's staff, who chide Democratic rival Alex Sink for "bankrolling Washington liberals who want to raise your taxes but don't pay their own."

Read more about the Democrats' tax conundrum at Sunshine State News on Wednesday.