Comments on: Federal Workers Don’t Pay Taxes Either

By: DerKrieger

DerKrieger — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:22:26 +0000

No hurt feelings intended for our government friends but government workers don’t really pay taxes, all they do is return a fraction of the taxpayer dollars used to pay them to the government. Tax “payers” only really exist in the private sector. Government workers are tax “returners”.

By: Confucius

Confucius — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:56:43 +0000

Isn’t that terrific?

With Geithner at the helm, maybe the IRS will overtake the USPS as the #1 employer of tax cheats.

By: Right of the People

Right of the People — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:42:04 +0000

They work for him. The Infernal Revenue Service is under the Treasury Department.

By: golfmann

golfmann — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:36:53 +0000

I’ve argued for YEARS with Fed and state employees this fact:

They don’t pay taxes anyway!

Since they are being paid by tax money, all they are actually doing is REBATING against the tax bill that is their salary.

It’s us schlubs that pay the REAL taxes out of things produced or services rendered.

Have a nice day Mr. Postman… Oh wait, he retired years ago.

God save America

By: heykev

heykev — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:16:36 +0000

Yes, that is really interesting stuff. She worked for Bush I.
It would be nice to be able to see what her take on the events you mentioned are. There is quite a bit of information there, but will have to read it at a later time as I have to prepare for a phone interview I have to do some consulting work for a rather large Fortune 100 company. Like many here, I can really use a job.

By: proreason

proreason — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:02:50 +0000

Thanks heykev. Fascinating stuff. Tons of information in this solari blog. Here’s a money quote:

“In fact, if you look at the value of most 401(k)s and IRAs lately, a great deal has already been “confiscated.” The mainstream media has described these losses as part of the normal economic cycle, but this is a fallacy. The losses are the result of a financial coup d’etat, including fraudulent housing bubbles, pump and dump schemes, naked short selling, precious metals price suppression, and active intervention in the markets by the government and central bank”

Solari build a case that there has been a financial coup d’etat that has been going on for a long time. the housing fraud perpetrated by the government is part of it. I didn’t see where she doesn’t speak directily to the events of Sep / Oct 2008, but there is several hours of reading in her blog.

One more person who doesn’t believe that the wipe-out of 401K’s, growing unemployment and declining standards of living are “normal events”.

By: Confucius

Confucius — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:57:43 +0000

“The IRS is the only federal agency where an employee can be fired for not paying his taxes.”

Really? Then who does Timothy Geithner work for?

By: Confucius

Confucius — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:55:52 +0000

Me too!

And get this. Two years ago, my mail carrier left a “holiday card” asking for a gift.

So I did. I turned her in to the Postmaster General for: (1) soliciting and (2) leaving messages that were not processed by the USPS in a private mailbox which is a federal offense.

Merry Holiday!

By: Confucius

Confucius — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:47:50 +0000

And now they want to raise the price of stamps, AGAIN!

By: heykev

heykev — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:44:40 +0000

The IRS is the only federal agency where an employee can be fired for not paying his taxes.

I really don’t understand this. All Fed employees should be setting an example for the rest of the country and paying taxes. To do otherwise is as our VP says unamerican. There shoiuld be clauses so that non-payment of taxes is something we can fire them for.

Here’s an interesting article I believe Proreason will like regarding monies being removed from USA by Soros-esk types of people.
http://solari.com/blog/?p=2058

By: proreason

proreason — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:42:37 +0000

Government workers are a key Democrate constituency.

If you don’t believe it, look at the Depression Stimulus bill. 600,000 new government jobs.

No way government jobs would be created by The Moron if they didn’t vote heavily for the commiecrats. No way on earth.

But you can prove it to yourself other ways. Ask yourself this…..if you are a government worker, dependent on that income for your livelihood, which party will you vote for to insure continued employment. To ask the question is to answer it. Obviously, and without doubt, a very high % of government workers vote for the party of Big Government.

Then ask yourself this….if you are a government worker and would like to advance and make more money, which party will you vote for. Well, considering that there are tons of dead wood on top of you in the feeding trough, the only way to advance is to GROW your area. So you vote Democrat, for sure.

By: BannedbytheTaliban

BannedbytheTaliban — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:19:46 +0000

As a federal employee, most of the people I work with are ardent liberal democrats, much like working in Hollywood. I usually just keep my opinions to myself and do my job. To that extent I am often taken advantage of because most people here work 2-3 hrs a day, tops. To our defense though, when they announced the 3.9% inflationary pay raise, the email stated: “GAO estimates inflation for 2008 was 7.4%, as a result, the inflationary pay raise will be 3.9% for 2009.” In other words, you will be making 3.5% less in 2009 (or in reality you pay will have 3.5% less purchasing power.)

By: catie

catie — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:06:36 +0000

Yeah military folks have to pay their taxes or we lose security clearances or go to jail.
The Post Office does not surprise me though, half the time my neighbors get my mail and I get theirs, plus they are personality plus when you’re having to deal with them in the P. O.

By: canary

canary — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:44:54 +0000

Lurkin_no_mo. Thanks for serving our country, fighting communism both abroad and at home sweet home.

By: Lurkin_no_mo

Lurkin_no_mo — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:44:42 +0000

Oh! Owwww. Hey, I’m one of these federal employees. But I do pay my taxes as do my brothers in the military. I will admit that I get a refund every year, except for one year where I got a bonus.
Most military folks get refunds, it’s not like we’re making millions of $ here.

By: Weasel

Weasel — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:31:01 +0000

BillK – I agree for those agencies, but they are relatively small compared to the rest of the government. The FBI is probably the largest of these agencies and they have about 30,000 employees. Here is a breakdown for the civilian federal government employees:
http://ftp2.census.gov/govs/apes/06fedfun.pdf
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs041.htm (see table 1)