New bill to require federal employees to be current on taxes

1) Why do we need this bill? Can't the IRS just enforce existing tax laws?

2) What happens when someone is not current because of an audit or error?

3) My guess is that the elected officials are as big of a problem as the employees.

4) Why can't we just garnish their wages?

weasels wanting votes....

Grand scheme of things, the I.R.S. is the most evil organization on the planet. So I'll pretty much side with anyone else when asked to choose sides. Bad bill.

Grand scheme of things, the I.R.S. is the most evil organization on the planet. So I'll pretty much side with anyone else when asked to choose sides. Bad bill.

Yeah, if Congress ever got the guts to seriously look at, and revise the present tax code of 17,000 pages, maybe we could get some control of everyone's taxes, not just government employees.

Define current. Are we to infer from the bill that a government employee can't even be on a payment plan due to a windfall non-exempt income source or are we talking about flagrant violators?

(Can you tell I've been reading tax forms this week?)

Now, I WOULD support a bill that says noone can run for office if they haven't paid their taxes.

Good luck getting them to pay back taxes after removing their income source!

Good luck getting them to pay back taxes after removing their income source!

The I.R.S. can pretty much take anything of value, including bank and investment accounts, homes, cars, boats, your first born, whatever they want. The courts will back them up completely.

The I.R.S. can pretty much take anything of value, including bank and investment accounts, homes, cars, boats, your first born, whatever they want. The courts will back them up completely.

I thought that the IRS had its own tax courts?

The I.R.S. can pretty much take anything of value, including bank and investment accounts, homes, cars, boats, your first born, whatever they want. The courts will back them up completely.

No, even the IRS can't violate the 13th Amendment.

No, even the IRS can't violate the 13th Amendment.

They don't turn'm into slaves son, they eat'm! I swear I've seen'm do it! They come in in the dead o' night wearing those black suits and their black sunglasses and zip zap zoom! Your kids gone! Then they crawl back to their lair and cook'm up with some seafood in a gumbo. I tell you what, I aint lying, it's the dang ol truth! Happens every day, they just got it covered with der mind control waves so you don't see'm do it.

They don't turn'm into slaves son, they eat'm! I swear I've seen'm do it! They come in in the dead o' night wearing those black suits and their black sunglasses and zip zap zoom! Your kids gone! Then they crawl back to their lair and cook'm up with some seafood in a gumbo. I tell you what, I aint lying, it's the dang ol truth! Happens every day, they just got it covered with der mind control waves so you don't see'm do it.

You forgot the sarcasm smiley or your in need of this:

It's partisan politricks...

Tim Geithner - Sec of the Treasury and Obama appointee...not current on his taxes. Played the "I forgot" or "I thought I paid properly" cards.

Kathleen Sebelius - Health and Human Services Sec and Obama nominee...not current on taxes and quickly amended three years worth of returns to get current.

Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas who would be the White House chief trade representative if confirmed, didn't pay taxes on some speaking fees he donated to his alma mater and he tried to write off the full $17,000 costs of his Dallas Mavericks season tickets. (from LA Times)

And others all from Obama's administration...
Tom Daschle, the first HHS nominee
Chief performance officer nominee Nancy Killefer
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis?s (husband)

I'd like to say that they are aiming at tax currency because of the above list; however, the bill is sponsored by a Republican and a Dem. Admittedly, the list of names above was (and is) an embarrassment to the current administration even though it was largely swept under the carpet.

Personally, I have no issues with it. If I have to pay, so should they...

Yep, all on one side. :roll:

Memo to media: tax payment issues are a bipartisan problem. | Media Matters for America

As usual the glass house doesn't seem to bother Republicans when they start hurling stones.

Dick Morris -- who has criticized Tim Geithner's failure to pay taxes -- had a $1.5 million tax lien filed against him by the IRS, and the state of Connecticut said he owed more than $450,000 in unpaid taxes and penalities.

I'm guessing the two publicity whores who spent tax dollars to type up this bill have, as usual, left out members of congress?