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Originally Posted by KeepingItReal
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Apparently you missed this in a previous post. If our federal government cannot police it's own what incentive is there for the private sector? By no means every federal employee or even most are in tax trouble but surely you are not happy or think it is acceptable that this many owe this much $$ and the numbers are increasing . If it is like the private sector those making the most are usually the ones that owe the taxes.
Nearly 312,000 federal workers and retirees owed more than $3.5 billion in back taxes as of Sept. 30, 2011, the agency said. The year before, about 279,000 workers and retirees owed $3.4 billion.
Federal Employees Owed $3.5 Billion In Back Taxes In 2011: IRS
Average Federal Salary and Average Compensation Including Benefits
Average Federal Salary: $83,679 and Lowest Average Pay Increase in 10 Years - FedSmith.com
According to BEA data, the average federal employee salary in 2010 was $83,679 and $51,986 for the average private sector salary.
When benefits are added in, the average compensation for each federal employee comes to $126,141. For private sector workers, the average compensation package, including benefits, was $62,757 for the same year.
In other words, the federal government often pays salaries that are higher than the private sector at the lower end of the skill levels required and often pays lower salaries than the private sector when more complex skills are required.
Average Federal Salary: $83,679 and Lowest Average Pay Increase in 10 Years - FedSmith.com
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I am still not confident that we are comparing apples to apples regarding policing ones work force. I have no idea how much private sector carpenters, plumbers and electricians are behind in their federal taxes. I would assume it would be the same. Fed employees sit at their kitchen tables and complete their tax forms the same way private sector employees do. It is tuff for me to believe that federal employees cheat any more than private employees do.
You also did not touch on the real reason I jumped in here. The fact that I indeed pay taxes at the same rate that private employees. There is not a second tax table that fed employees use.
I also pay for my health care. It's not free as some argue. Is it better than most private employee benefits. Yes. During my 40 years of civil service I made much less in the computer field than my private sector peers. If it were not for the benefits I would have left the federal service to make more. In any event I stayed and paid for my health care insurance while I worked. I still pay for it when I retired. Free health insurance and not paying taxes are some made up Internet rumor to **** non federal workers off and are baseless in fact.