Fed vs Citizen Randy

The Obama administration has let us know that it's going to reduce the annual pay raise for federal employees from 2.4% to 2.0%. The amount to cover the reduced amount is 19.9 billion dollars.

On the other hand, as a private citizen-freelancer, having made an honest mistake on my income tax return in 2006 owed the IRS an additional 1300.00. I made some payments on an installment plan, but then could no longer afford too. They penalized me, they charged interest on the penalty, they had also charged me to make installment payments in the first place. The following year, they confiscated my refund of 11,000.00. I wrote them a letter protesting the original penalty and they granted a waiver, but the interest on it was still due along with the"statutory assessment". This additional money they demanded wiped out the funds I'd already paid and generated another 500.00 dollars owed them in addition too the 11,000.00 refund they'd confiscated.

Today, I discovered that the 457 dollars I had in my checking account has been confiscated by the IRS and they still want more. If any bills come due that I can't cover, I'll be charged 35 dollars a day by my bank for insufficient funds. It seem the bank does the favor of paying the bill despite my lack of funds and then charges me for it. It amounts to compelling me to borrow money at a virtual interest rate that would make a loan shark blush.

This same bank by the way has been given billions in low interest loans and outright grants from the public till.

I'm getting by so far on unemployment checks and small 'loans' to make up my monthly expenses. I'm approaching homelessness while the government employees are making the 'sacrifice' of a reduced pay raise?

I don't think "the government" is of. or by, or for 'the people' anymore. I think the government is 'them' and not 'us'.