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Didn't really expect such direct action to suppress wages but hey. Also I'm not sure that they've appreciated the political risk they're running here...there are like 2M such employees and they aren't nearly all in the DC area. Lots of heavily R districts have thousands of these people. This single handedly knocks off at least a couple R reps that I can think of.
Also lol at saving money as the excuse after passing a $1.5T debt fueled tax cut.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/30/politics/trump-cancels-federal-employee-pay-raises/
Also lol at saving money as the excuse after passing a $1.5T debt fueled tax cut.
President Donald Trump told lawmakers on Thursday he was scrapping a planned pay raise for federal workers, saying the nation's budget couldn't support it.
In a letter to House and Senate leaders, Trump said the pay increase would amount to $25 billion, which he described as "inappropriate."
"We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases," the President wrote.
He stressed the change wouldn't affect the federal government's ability to attract qualified workers, and wrote the government would focus on "recruiting, retaining and rewarding high-performing Federal employees and those with critical skill sets."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/30/politics/trump-cancels-federal-employee-pay-raises/