Opinion: Christine O’Donnell - Chris Coons Debate: O’Donnell’s personal financial problems
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Co-moderator Nancy Karibjanian asks Christine O’Donnell about her well-chronicled financial problems with her income taxes and mortgage. How can voters rely on you to managed the deficit? she is asked.
O’ Donnell responded: ‘The IRS admitted that was a computer problem. Thousands of Delawareans have experiened the same thing -- an IRS mistake, which is why we need to reform the IRS. ... I don’t have a trust fund. I don’t come from a privileged background like my opponent. I know how hard it is to earn and keep a dollar.’
Voters, she added, should trust her because she has worked for nonprofits and made sacrifices needed to pay off her personal debt. She sold her house and possessions to get out of debt. ‘I have worked hard to get where I am. ... I am stronger now. I made it through to the other side. Leadership is not about whether you fall, it’s about whether you get up. And I have.’
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-- Robin Abcarian
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