In campaign after campaign, the Democrats have long championed that we need to make people pay "their fair share" of taxes.  Granted that usually was aimed at the rich, but the underlying message has long been that the tax "cheats" need to be forced to pay more taxes in order for us to have more Utopian society full of social and economic justice.  Yet when one of THEIR core constituencies happens to be the ones not paying their fair share - that economic justice seems to take a back seat.....

According to an analysis by USA Today, federal workers make more money than their private-sector counterparts in 8 out of the 10 occupations surveyed. They receive far more than private-sector workers in the way of benefits and job protections. And, in the current economic downturn, they are in one of the only fields to gain jobs and even receive hefty raises.

But some government employees want more. According to IRS data, nearly 100,000 federal workers, including 678 congressional staffers, failed to pay $962 million in taxes in 2008. And, unless they work for the IRS, they cannot be fired for it.

U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, wants to change that. On March 3, Chaffetz proposed legislation that would allow Congress, the White House, and federal agencies to fire workers who are seriously delinquent in paying their taxes. Under current law, the IRS is the only agency that can fire such workers. "Federal employees have an obvious obligation to pay their federal income taxes," Chaffetz said. "Because they draw their compensation from the American taxpayers, federal employees owe it to the taxpayers themselves to pay their taxes. If not, they should be fired."

The Chaffetz proposal comes as President Obama is pushing for a ban on federal funds to government contractors, or "deadbeat companies," that haven't paid all their taxes.

I wonder how deeply this bill will be buried in committee......Especially in this most ethical Congress EVAH......Then we will see just whose fair share is more fair than others.