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Friday, February 6, 2009

Obama and Ethical Standards

America has elected Afro-American, Christian- Muslim, white-black Barck Obam for CHANGE of America. There are lot of hope people of America and world put on Obama for change. His recent decision on etical standards should be appreciable when some his cabinet nominee are defaulters of taxes and etical investigation. As two more of his cabinet nominees bit the dust over tax troubles, threatening to derail his agenda of change, President Barack Obama admitted in a series of TV interviews he screwed up. As former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, Obama's choice for health and human services secretary and Nancy Killefer, his pick for federal spending watchdog, both pulled out of contention Tuesday because of personal tax problems. Earlier, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson withdrew as Obama's nominee for commerce secretary because of an ethical investigation in the state. Timothy Geithner won Senate confirmation as treasury secretary despite $35,000 in tax arrears he had belatedly paid.
Obama said 'I campaigned on changing Washington and bottom-up politics. And I don't want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards: one for powerful people and one for ordinary folks who are working every day and paying their taxes. And I'm here on television saying I screwed up and that's part of the era of responsibility, is not never making mistakes; it's owning up to them and trying to make sure you never repeat them and that's what we intend to do.' The series of embarrassing disclosures involving four of his choices for powerful positions, Obama is frank enough to admit the mistake and pulled out of contest. This shows how people in political seats maintain ethical standards and set example to others.
This is reverse in India where tainted people will be given key political posts and not maintaining ethical standards. Many people with criminal records are elected to the parliament and assemblies and many elected representatives are not furnishing the proper assets to the election commission before filing the nomination papers and many involve in tax evasion. Indian political leaders should learn from the American new president ethical standards.

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