Numbers. There are more active duty. I’m only talking Dept Of Defense fed employees. The civilians pay have been frozen for a while now. You only get step increases if elegible. Mil retirement pay have been frozen too. They claim it’s because the cost of living have not increased the last three years. No idea what drugs they are smoking.
I think last year there was a retiree pay increase but medical costs went up so it was a net zero.
I’m kinda happy because I know a few who voted for this.
I retired in 2008. After taxes and deductions, my pay is smaller in actual numbers than it was in 2008. But of course, gas & food costs less than it did 4 years ago, right?