Posted on 03/19/2013 10:31:58 AM PDT by John Semmens
IRS figures indicate that 300,000 federal employees have evaded over $3.5 billion in federal income taxes. Forty White House employees account for over $300,000 of these unpaid levies.
While some in the media find this scandalous, US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew does not. When you think about it, the whole idea of a federal employee having to pay taxes on pay from the federal government is kind of nonsensical, Lew observed. Isnt asking them to give back part of what we paid them wasted motion?
Lew suggested that some sort of amnesty is probably the best way to resolve this discrepancy. Most of these people are hard-working and underpaid public servants. We shouldnt be hassling them for their initiative aimed at reducing the inefficient two-way shuffling of money back-and-forth. A better option for the future would be to exempt all federal employees and officeholders from all federal taxes.
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://azconservative.org/2013/03/16/egypts-ruling-party-rejects-un-declaration-of-human-rights/
“All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
How many of ‘em are RATs?
I literally peed on my pants laughing over this quote and I am sending this out to everyone I know.
I can only picture Jim Carrey’s character from Dumb and Dumber. Lew and Lewder!
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