An Original FatCrat: Marion Barry

Former Washington DC Mayor (and current Council member) Marion Barry is an archetypal FatCrat. Put in a position of responsibility by the people of Washington, he has habitually abused that responsibility, and rejected even the appearance of accountability.

For those of you lucky enough to live outside the beltway, you may have stopped following Barry's colorful career developments, encompassing crack cocaine, prostitution, and drunken driving. Now he is a confirmed tax-dodger, owing $275,000 in back taxes to the feds, as well as an undisclosed amount to the DC government... which, by the way, continues to cut him paychecks every two weeks.

Yet he remains an untouchable member of the FatCratocracy. Today it was announced that federal prosecutors will no longer seek jail time for his failure to pay taxes.

Pity the poor IRS employees, who face stiff workplace penalties if they file late or fail to report a few hundred dollars. This is a far cry from the leniency shown to Barry, or to their new boss Timothy Geithner. You can see why their union wants to end this double-standard... by changing the IRS that hold our tax collectors up to such a high standard. 

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