Many of our so-called “public servants”, whose salaries are paid by our taxes, can’t be bother with paying their own! This is outrageous!
http://www.kypost.com/content/middleblue2/story/Tax-Deadbeats-Abound/eiKzJ-UMwkSBNkbDX8_sPg.cspx
From the article:
The IRS says 276,300 current and federal workers owe about $3 billion in 2008 income taxes.
– White House: 50 staffers owe nearly $813,000.
– U.S. House of Representatives: 447 employees owe $5.8 million.
– U.S. Senate: 231 staffers owe more than $2.4 million.
Making this even more outrageous is the fact that Federal workers are incresingly making ridiculous salaries, again, from the taxes WE PAY. Please read the following articles:
USA Today: For feds, more get 6-figure salaries – Average pay $30,000 over private sector
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20091211/1afedpay11_st.art.htm?loc=interstitialskip
Boston Globe: Myth of the underpaid public employee
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/09/30/myth_of_the_underpaid_public_employee/
Number of Americans Paying Zero Federal Income Tax Grows to 43.4 Million
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/1410.html
Barone: It’s a wonderful life working for the government
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/It_s-a-wonderful-life-working-for-the-government-8697601-80294522.html
Boston Globe: Income angst? Not for public employees
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/01/27/income_angst_not_for_public_employees/
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