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Trump blocks pay raise for 1.5 million federal workers, calls for no increase next year
Washington Examiner ^ | Aug. 30, 2018

Posted on 08/30/2018 12:15:29 PM PDT by deplorableindc

President Trump on Thursday blocked an automatic pay raise for 1.5 million federal workers, and asked Congress to pass legislation with no increase next year for employees covered by the General Schedule pay system.

“Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases,” Trump wrote in a Thursday letter to congressional leaders, a formality that blocks an automatic 2.1 percent raise from taking effect in January under the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act.

"I have determined that for 2019, both across‑the‑board pay increases and locality pay increases will be set at zero," Trump wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: awesome; civilservice; federalemployees; governmentspending; maga; schadenfreude; winning
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To: deplorableindc

Hit the Deep State right in the pocket.

They won’t be happy.


41 posted on 08/30/2018 1:29:17 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: deplorableindc

Well that ought to make some of the leftists quit or do something to show their stripes.


42 posted on 08/30/2018 1:29:50 PM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: albie

DOD not really. Strong Trump support in DOD. Others not so much.


43 posted on 08/30/2018 1:32:27 PM PDT by wgmalabama (The government murdered Robert LaVoy Finicum - what makes you think you are not next?)
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To: deplorableindc

They were not going to vote for him anyway.


44 posted on 08/30/2018 1:46:04 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
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To: i_robot73

Here is one: ICE. Take whatever list makes you happy, then look at every other federal employee, should they get a pay freeze or should the job be eliminated? This is a half measure. If it were a business and you had a redundant department, would you freeze their pay, or get rid of the department?


45 posted on 08/30/2018 1:47:24 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: deplorableindc

I can barely type due to an unexpected MAGA-ON.


46 posted on 08/30/2018 1:54:59 PM PDT by WMarshal (America First)
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To: chris37

I made a flatly indisputable statement of political fact. I’m terribly sorry that difficult truths give you a terminal case of butt hurt, but perhaps you should just try to deal it.

and, by the way, “courageously” typing angry words about leadership into an internet discussion forum is cowardly. so, there’s that.


47 posted on 08/30/2018 2:10:49 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: deplorableindc

I’m a federal employee so I’m a little saddened by this; however on the other hand Trump’s tax cut helped me and my family A LOT! So it’s kind of a wash.

(Obama also nixed federal raises during several years of his 2 terms, especially during the 2008-10 timeframe.)

I’m an oddity: a federal employee and a Californian who voted for Trump and will do so again. Despite no raise this year. :)


48 posted on 08/30/2018 2:29:49 PM PDT by olivia3boys
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To: deplorableindc

Here’s the thing - Obama did not give pay raises for 3 years in a row. Now suddenly, they are acting like this is awful. Have they forgotten?


49 posted on 08/30/2018 3:01:29 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: olivia3boys

I didn’t get anything during those 3 years either. I don’t recall my liberal co- workers throwing the fuss they are today.


50 posted on 08/30/2018 3:03:29 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: wgmalabama
Just in case someone cares over time.

Interesting that it leaves out most of the Bush years (the 2009 pay raise would have been okayed by Bush, not Obama).

2002 - 3.6%
2003 - 3.1%
2004 - 2.7%
2005 - 2.5%
2006 - 2.1%
2007 - 1.7%
2008 - 2.5%
2009 - 2.9%

This doesn't include any locality pay increases, either. Just the base. For the 8 years Bush was in office federal GS Schedule (there are more than just GS schedules) base pay increased a grand total of 23.7% (when taken year-by-year). Under Obama, the raise in 2010 was 1.5%, then no raises for three years, then four years at 1.0%. For these years, total federal base pay rose a net total of 6.1% over 8 years. Big difference between Bush and Obama regarding federal pay. And Bush was supposed to be a conservative, and Obama was supposed to love him some fed employees.

Source for the data prior to 2008 - https://archive.opm.gov/oca/12tables/index.asp

Funny how it's OPM.gov (Office of Personnel Management). Reminds me of Other Peoples' Money.

51 posted on 08/30/2018 3:03:36 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Hojczyk
Yes, overpaid. And how does one determine "overpaid"?

Well one way is to look at job quitting rates in the Federal government versus private industry.

If Federal employees are staying at their jobs in a full employment economy, then they are voting satisfaction in their pay. If their rate of quitting is greater than private industry, then they probably need to be paid more.

Anyway, I found a BLS chart that tells the story. Bottom line, comparing quit rates for June 2018:

Federal workers are 5 times more likely to keep their job than private workers.

So by and large, Federal employees are happy campers.


52 posted on 08/30/2018 3:04:00 PM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: butlerweave

Uh??? On the contrary!!!


53 posted on 08/30/2018 3:06:38 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: JohnBrowdie
VA just got harder to carry.
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Who cares? These clock watching gov pukes didn't vote for him anyway.

54 posted on 08/30/2018 3:09:03 PM PDT by sailor76 ( TRUMP, is still my hero.)
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To: JohnBrowdie

No matter what the issue, there will always be some Repubic that opens his mouth and shows how to vag it up.

Congrats, you’re one of those!


55 posted on 08/30/2018 3:14:25 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: deplorableindc

Anybody know if we get an S.S. C.O.L.A. raise in Jan.?


56 posted on 08/30/2018 3:21:26 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.)
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To: HollyB

Have they forgotten?.......No. Just ignore the facts, fool.


57 posted on 08/30/2018 3:44:49 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Osage Orange

I am in that same no raise boat.


58 posted on 08/30/2018 4:38:16 PM PDT by pas
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To: deplorableindc

A lot of them will get raises anyway. If they are at all like our local government they are on step salaries anyway. You get a salary based on how many years you’re in the job and these raises are actually raising the salary levels for that step. If the steps are 2%. The person gets a 2% increase plus the 2.1% raise


59 posted on 08/30/2018 5:53:16 PM PDT by sharkhawk (Chelsea Dagger)
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To: deplorableindc

I know a Federal worker who absolutely supports the President’s action. He says that people just show up for work and expect to get raises just for showing up. No incentive to improve. It’ll affect him, but he doesn’t mind.


60 posted on 08/30/2018 5:57:53 PM PDT by hoagy62 (America Supreme!)
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