Federal workers owe $3.5 billion in back taxes

The divide between the taxpayers and the political class continues to grow.

Under the Obama Administration, more and more government workers feel they don't have to pay their "fair share" of taxes.

Nearly 312,000 federal workers and retirees owed more than $3.5 billion in back taxes as of Sept. 30, 2011, according to the IRS. The year before, about 279,000 workers and retirees owed $3.4 billion, the agency reports.

Federal workers owe $3.5 billion in back taxes