41 Obama White House aides owe the IRS $831,000 in back taxes -- and they're not alone

LA Times ^ | 9/10/2010 | Andrew Malcom

[Qbert]

Ah, so this is why the Dems have no problems letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the 'wealthy'...because they don't pay their taxes anyways...

[Genoa]

Hey, no paychecks for these slugs until they are paid up and current with the tax man.

[mom4melody]

I don’t understand this....at my agency you get in trouble if you owe back taxes.

[Mouton]

Over 20K apiece for the bums in the whitehut who owe taxes. That seems like quite a sum. Seemingly, there is a withholding problem there...how about some penalties and interest on top of the money owed, for starters. Next up, who is the employer? Underwithholding by the POS in charge means he has some liability too.

[hoosiermama]

Ah, so this is why the Dems have no problems letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the 'wealthy'...because they don't pay their taxes anyways...

[immadashell]

I don’t understand this....at my agency you get in trouble if you owe back taxes.

Which agency might that be?...The Republican National Committee maybe?lol

[onyx]

Oh wow!

[Blue Turtle]

I’m sure the press will discuss this with the President at today’s conference...11am.

[AlexW]

“Hey, no paychecks for these slugs until they are paid up and current with the tax man.”

Comrade, you do not understand.
These are important servants of our dear leader.
One does not question the dear leader or his staff.

Perhaps you need a few months off...in a nice reeducation camp.

[concerned about politics]

What? We're expecting the left to spend THEIR OWN money on their garbage policies? No way! That's what the unwashed tax slaves are for.
So, get over it and get back to work you slackers. Oboma wants more of your money.

[penelopesire]

I was just fixing to ping the posse to this too..lol. The WP article says that the republicans tried to pass a bill that fed employees not paying taxes be fired but couldn’t get any dem co-sponsers or support for the bill. Go figure.

They are all robbing us blind! We pay our taxes..WHY CAN’T THEY?

[azishot]

Wasn’t it Leona Helmsley that said that taxes are for “little people”? I must be very little...

[Will88]

My first question is: is their government pay being garnished for back taxes, and if not, why not? (Not to mention the fact that they should be kicked out of their government jobs onto their asses, if their back tax liability has been established as correct).

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

I am waiting for the press to ask Obama about this today...

Bwaahahahahahahahahahahah yeah RIGHT!

[Mr. Bird]

This is crazy. The highest paying WH job pays in the mid 100's, I believe, and those are the most senior advisors. My guess is that the average pay for a "White House Aide" is probably somewhere in the $60k-80k range. In 2009, to have a tax liability of $20,268 (the average of the 41 aides), taxable income is $93k. And that is for single filers. Married filers would have taxable income over $100k.

Are they not even withholding?

[bert]

Where did Wapo dig? how do they know?

I’m sceptical

[SparkyBass]

[ichabod1]

I want the names.

[KJC1]

Me too.

[kcvl]

Why doesn’t it come out of their checks? I guarantee you that if any of us owed it they would find a way to collect (plus penalty & interest)!