Federal workers with tax liens may be fired under legislation approved by a House committee Wednesday.
The Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act, introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, in January, was advanced with a voice vote by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
This legislation would not only result in the termination of current tax delinquent federal employees, but would prohibit the future hiring of federal employees with tax liens.
"The very least an individual on the federal payroll can do is pay their taxes," Chaffetz said in a news release. "If you are thumbing your nose up at the American taxpayer by not paying your taxes, you should be fired or not awarded a federal contract."
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2 comments:
If they don't have a job, they can't pay ANY taxes. Set up a process that works. Firing people doesn't work.
@ Anonymous 7:07 AM
Cutting the number of federal employees DOES REDUCE THE BUDGET DEFICIT, because their salaries and benefits are about 5 TIMES GREATER than the taxes they pay. Capiche?
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