Why Too Many U.S. Federal Employees Are Tax Cheats and Rule

Are federal workers such a protected class that we need a special law to get them fired?




http://sweetness-light.com/archive/why- ... tax-cheats
By Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton | Monday, August 6, 2012

"The House of Representatives passed a bill last Tuesday that would fire federal employees who’ve been seriously delinquent in paying their taxes. They did this because almost 100,000 federal workers are behind on their taxes, including 700 congressional employees. These workers owed more than $1 billion in unpaid taxes 2010, up from just under $600 million in 2004, according to the Internal Revenue Service. We could charitably call these folks “rule breakers.”"......................

Shouldn't they be garnished?

FredHayek wrote: Shouldn't they be garnished?

I think that is a little extreme. I would be OK with just back taxes, fines and interest.