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Old 06-23-2013, 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by gpirate View Post
Amen by man.
Just quickly reading that fed employees owe a certain amount in back taxes really becomes meaningless when you actually open the link and actually read it. There is a telling gem in the first couple of paragraphs

" Overall, the 9.8 million workers included in the data had a delinquency rate of 3.2 percent. That's better than the general public. The IRS says the delinquency rate for the general public was 8.2 percent.

So one could easily argue that fed employees are much better in their civic duty to pay taxes than their privately employed brothers and sisters.

Can I get another amen?