We don’t like to pay taxes. We do
like to see our tax money spent responsibly.
Most of us are employed. On payday,
the federal government withholds taxes. That money is accumulating in the
Treasury. It is not appropriated because the Senate and the President want to
fund a border wall.
Question: May I stop paying federal
taxes while the government is being run in this manner? Of course not. But my
point is that we are connected to federal workers when we have part of the income
we earned at our workplace withheld by the Treasury.
And what about unemployment benefits
for federal workers? These individuals are eligible. This is a state, not
federal, system. And here’s the point: Private sector employers are required
with each payroll to remit a tax for unemployment. It varies from state to
state, but let’s use a 1% of payroll estimate. In other words, private
employers are paying unemployment benefits to federal employees who file
claims.
This is a perversion of our basic employment
laws.
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