The man tipped to lead U.S. President Barack Obama's recovery plan for the flagging American economy apologized to Congress on Wednesday during his confirmation hearing, saying he was careless in not paying $34,000 US in taxes earlier this decade.[b]Treasury secretary-designate Tim Geithner[/b] called the failure to pay the social security and medicare taxes "careless mistakes" and unavoidable ones.
The former head of the New York Federal Reserve told the Senate finance committee the failure to pay was "unintentional."
"I should have been more careful," he said.
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