We have wage garnishment that force the collection of back taxes from individuals.
According to the Government Accountability Office we also have more than 60,000 federal contractors who owe $7.7 billion in back taxes. This is part of $300 billion in taxes that go unpaid every year. Privacy rules have created a dysfunctional system within our government that allows tax evaders to stay in business and even profit from government offices inability and unwillingness to communicate among themselves.
Money is routinely awarded to government contractors, is paid out in farm subsidies, is loaned to small-businesses, without ever checking to see if these recipients owe back taxes. And a lot of them do owe back taxes.
Yet the credit history of every private individual applying for a loan for much smaller amounts than these just mentioned, is subjected to every investigation possible and if back taxes are due then the loan is denied.
The defense Department paid more than $1 million to a company that owes nearly $10 million.
A Justice Department security-guard contractor owed $400,000 in taxes and didn't file tax returns.
This double standard and dysfunction among offices linked together under the same government is maddening. Laws come down hard on the nickel and dime stuff that the everyday worker owes but if you can somehow get into the million-dollar-and-above neighborhood you have a much better chance of getting away without paying your fair share.
These companies and businesses should be publicly named so everyone knows who is dumping their burden onto our backs.
The U.S. government is financed on the backs of the everyday middle class worker struggling to make ends meet while the government allows businesses to get away without paying their share.
This is outrageous.
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