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Federal employees' union head: Obama pay raise proposal 'simply not enough'
The Hill ^ | 2/09/13 | Justin Sink

Posted on 02/09/2013 3:09:51 PM PST by Libloather

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Never let a thug determine what is 'enough'.
1 posted on 02/09/2013 3:10:03 PM PST by Libloather
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Our Federal “servants” need to take a 10% hit to share the pain.


2 posted on 02/09/2013 3:12:58 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

Juda Priest.

At least they have a job feeding at the public trough. They should be all getting a pay cut.


3 posted on 02/09/2013 3:13:07 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Please tell me what Federal Employees makes $24,000....or $11.00 an hour??


4 posted on 02/09/2013 3:13:58 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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5 posted on 02/09/2013 3:14:03 PM PST by Diogenesis (De Oppresso Liber)
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To: Paladin2

At least 10% if not more more would be good . . .


6 posted on 02/09/2013 3:16:28 PM PST by rhubarbk
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To: Libloather
AFGE pledged in its statement to "work with friends in Congress who truly value the federal workforce," a signal that the union will likely lobby liberal members of Congress to oppose the president's budget.

Budget? What budget.

Their pay has been frozen since 2011? Good for them!

7 posted on 02/09/2013 3:16:49 PM PST by upchuck (America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: Libloather

I’m so glad we work for the government. Where would we be without the federal employees.

I say give them a 15% cut as a start. Every time they bitch knock a another percent off.

If they quit there are plenty of people to take their place.


8 posted on 02/09/2013 3:17:19 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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It has been more than 10 percent over the last years. Keep dumping on the hard workers.


9 posted on 02/09/2013 3:17:30 PM PST by napscoordinator (/)
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Tons! We have quite a few at the Naval Academy who are GS-4’s and make less than that.


10 posted on 02/09/2013 3:18:52 PM PST by napscoordinator (/)
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To: Libloather

https://www.usajobs.gov/JobSearch/Search/GetResults?Keyword=case+manager&Location=


11 posted on 02/09/2013 3:19:15 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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If they quit there are plenty of people to take their place.

Most of the people you despise are veterans who work in government after they finish with the military. I am sure that they could just leave so the rest of you could take their place and be just as hated.


12 posted on 02/09/2013 3:20:38 PM PST by napscoordinator (/)
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The men in black will probably get me for releasing this top secret info but I must. It will make anyone a rich and powerful person if they do it and I defy anyone to prove me wrong...

To become rich and powerful, one must simply go to DC and spout crazysness. That’s it. The more insane your statements, the more powerful and rich you become.

I submit as evidence this fool, Al Gore and Her Thighness.

Now no one has a reason to be poor. All the EBT types can buy all the bling they want legitimately. Because they now have the knowledge to get rich quick.


13 posted on 02/09/2013 3:20:51 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Libloather

I think a 10% pay cut for some of these thugs is in order


14 posted on 02/09/2013 3:21:59 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Libloather

Cry me a river.


15 posted on 02/09/2013 3:21:59 PM PST by AdaGray (squi)
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Pay Raise for Federal Employees No Way No How! Dag nabit why not a 35% pay cut!. Hey I took a 45% pay cut, so as not to lay off any employees, cut my hours at the office too! It is my business, so I am trying to keep it alive too.


16 posted on 02/09/2013 3:23:35 PM PST by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

We need to eliminate about 15% of those bureaucratic positions, not replace them


17 posted on 02/09/2013 3:23:35 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Libloather

Nuts!


18 posted on 02/09/2013 3:25:20 PM PST by Stingray51
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“If they quit there are plenty of people to take their place.”

I am not of a favored race or color or religion. I will gladly take 10-15% less than them. Not having an axe to grind gives me a bit of a cost advantage. Not to mention that I don’t need to drive a Cadillac Esplanade to work.


19 posted on 02/09/2013 3:27:05 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Libloather

I seem to remember reading somewhere in the past year that the average federal government salary is about double that of the private sector. Does anyone have a link to this info? Maybe under the guise of “equal pay for equal work” we could reduce federal salaries to be at the levels of their private sector counterparts. The federal employees unions always like to ignore the value of their health care and pension plans that are far better than 99% of the country, and create a crushing debt on our government budgets.


20 posted on 02/09/2013 3:27:55 PM PST by Avid Coug
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