Posted on 03/17/2015 12:06:21 PM PDT by mdittmar
Proposals to cut federal employee compensation, jobs hurts all Americans
WASHINGTON The fiscal 2016 House budget plan issued today by Rep. Tom Price attacks millions of working-class Americans by proposing major cuts to their compensation and jobs, American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. said.
Instead of focusing on creating new jobs and lifting more Americans out of poverty, the House leadership has proposed a budget that does exactly the opposite by slashing the compensation and jobs of hard-working federal employees, President Cox said.
Rep. Prices budget ignores the $159 billion in cuts that have already been made to federal employees pay and benefits and demands more cuts to this small segment of the American workforce, Cox said.
Federal employees arent some faceless bureaucrats to be cut at a whim. They are real people with real jobs who make a real difference in the lives of millions Americans every day, whether its ensuring senior citizens get the Social Security benefits theyre owed, caring for veterans who return from war with physical or psychological scars, or keeping knives and other weapons off airplanes. They deserve our respect and admiration, not the contempt and derision being presented in this budget.
When has that ever happened?
What he means is they are working hard, because they are watching porn.
By the way, how can anyone call a republican plan “failed in the past.”? They’ve NEVER been tried. The only policy we have ever had is democrat policy. Oh sure, Reagan tried to reign in some of the regulations, spending and taxes. But the basic failed formula of “adding more governement” for oversight and regulation has brought invented the American qaugmire that is enginuity and hardwork of today.
Cut their wages 10% across the board, and tell them it will be cut the same amount every year until they dump the union.
If they would be willing to rat out Lois Learner and testify against her, this years cut can be reduced to 8%.
That money was probably cut from budgets where there was a placeholder for a position that never has been filled.
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