Posted on 08/30/2018 12:09:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
In a letter to House and Senate leaders, Trump claimed "federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases."
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was canceling pay raises for most federal employees that had been set to go into effect in January, citing government budget concerns.
In a letter to House and Senate leaders, Trump wrote that he’d decided “across-the-board” pay raises as well as locality pay raises for civilian federal workers in 2019 would be frozen.
“I have determined that for 2019, both across‑the‑board pay increases and locality pay increases will be set at zero,” he wrote. “These alternative pay plan decisions will not materially affect our ability to attract and retain a well‑qualified Federal workforce,” Trump added.
In the letter, Trump said a 25.7-percent pay raise for localities, as well as a 2.1-percent pay increase for across-the-board pay, both scheduled for January 2019, would add billions to the federal deficit. Specifically, he pointed to the scheduled locality pay raise as costing $25 billion.
“We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases,” Trump wrote in the letter.
He cited Title 5 of the U.S. Code of Laws, as the basis for making the change, saying that the measure allows such decisions when a “national emergency or serious economic conditions” affect “the general welfare."
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The left will find a judge to overrule this good decision.
What avout contractors, i wonder...
Well, there goes his chance to get these flaming liberals to NOT vote for him again in 2020.
So, what will all of the liberal bureaucrats do now, vote against him? LMAO.
They all hate him anyway...
Winning.
I am guessing most federal employees are loyal dems. Maybe I’m wrong.
I am sorry for any individual hurt but I think we have a massively bloated federal work force.
SWEEEEEEET
I would love to see the statistics on how many federal employees quit their job voluntarily.
That would be a good indicator of the “need” for my pay.
And what about performance? The FBI should have a reduction in pay!
Working for the government should mean a sacrifice, not to get filthy rich.
He should reduce pay for those at the EPA.
My wife works for the State. She is a conservative but never tells anyone because they would throw her out a window. I expect it is even worse at the federal level.
So the nine federal employees who voted for him last time will probably do so again.
I want the President to stop funding fake religious charities!!!
Damn it! I want my vote back! /sarc.
And the President donates his salary to a department of the government.
Baraq, you ain’t half the man.
5.56mm
hmmm ... sounds like just enough to build a proper wall
25.7-percent pay raise for localities DOES seem like a lot. I wouldn't have minded it but on the other hand, I wasn't even aware we were due for a locality or pay raise anyway.
Life will go on for both me and my DOD-employed husband.
Before the sob stories begin, remember they’ll be getting what they got this year, which is much more than comparable civilian office workers get. If 50% of them were fired, the nation wouldn’t notice. In fact, it may improve the efficiency of the remaining 50%,as it may reduce the amount of porn watching on the job.
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