According to the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Program (CCAP), Republican Dan Sebring, who’s vying to unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore here in the 4th Congressional District, has 5 unpaid tax warrants totaling over $10,000. On his campaign website, Sebring explains the circumstances that led to those unpaid taxes, and while I certainly take no issue with his explanations for his tax difficulties, I can’t help but question the wisdom of running a campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives with unpaid back taxes, and here’s why.
According to Sebring’s own website, he has “curtailed virtually all personal discretionary spending, and I have entered into an installment agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.” While that may be true, let’s keep in mind that Sebring’s tax difficulties haven’t stopped him from spending $2,472 of his own money on his Congressional campaign, money that in my opinion might have been better spent getting his personal finances in order.
After all, with the nearly $2,500 of his own money he’s spent to prop up what’s going end up being yet another frivolous and failed bid to beat Rep. Moore, Dan Sebring could have taken some personal responsibility and used that money to do the right thing and pay down his unpaid back taxes.
Well done.
“Individual responsibility,” like taxes are for the “little people.”
If he can’t afford it, he should sell his garage. He is a failure of a businessman, he will blame everyone but himself. No health insurance? Pfft. Pay your bills you deadbeat.