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| Pres. Trump eliminates pay raises for civilian federal employees |
| 2018-08-31 |
| [AXIOS] In a letter sent to House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday, President Trump announced that a majority of civilian federal employees will not receive pay increases next year, undoing the original 2.1% pay increase that was set to take effect in 2019. The details: The president explained the change is an effort "to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases." No change has been announced for pay increases of military troops, which are still on track to receive a 2.6% bump according to the Military Times, marking their biggest pay raise since 2009. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 So what? Most of them were going to vote Democratic anyway. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-08-31 16:16 |
| #5 There is a certain cost associated with having a job from which you can never be fired. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-08-31 15:56 |
| #4 They are free to make their fortunes in the civilian economy anytime. |
| Posted by: Sonny Dribble1184 2018-08-31 15:53 |
| #3 And they typically get raises yearly. I don't. Hell, last time I got a non-promotion raise, they claimed they were raising our dayrate, but they took away a secondary rate for specialized monitoring that was the exact same amount. So I got paid the same before my 'raise' as after. And that was the ONLY freaking raise in years, they generally cut our pay, first 10, then 30%. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-08-31 11:59 |
| #2 Most of them are vastly overpaid in Washington. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-08-31 10:37 |
| #1 Can't fire them? OK attrit their wallets. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-08-31 10:10 |