[caltrop]

Yes, a very good move. I wonder if this year's savings will be sufficient to cover this year's salaries of the new hires at the expanded Department of Education.

[contessa machiaveli]

isn't it wonderful to know that our craven congresscritters and senators voted themselves pay raises in the dark of night???? hush, we peons aren't supposed to know.

[yellowroses]

Well, my husband has been working 12 hour shifts for six days a week since 09/11/01, and we sure would like to get a raise. He's busted his butt..... and deserves a raise.
(He's a federal police officer)

[FreeReign]

Yes, a very good move. I wonder if this year's savings will be sufficient to cover this year's salaries of the new hires at the expanded Department of Education.

The descretionary budget of all departments except two -- Education and DOD -- went down relative to GDP. So I think the answer to your question is yes.

[RnMomof7]

Yes, a very good move. I wonder if this year's savings will be sufficient to cover this year's salaries of the new hires at the expanded Department of Education.

Yea and all the new hires " at the new citizen spy department .......Republicans for smaller government:>)

[sneakypete]

I wonder if this year's savings will be sufficient to cover this year's salaries of the new hires at the expanded Department of Education.

Probably not,since he just pledged to spend $5+ BILLION on AIDS in Africa and the Carribean,and that's over half of the projected "savings" outlined here.

I just can't wait to see what kind of spin the religious Bush-Bots put on this latest expensive bit of pandering to the Dim base. Sooner or later people will have to wake up and admit that the Dim base IS the Bush base.