[goodnesswins]

What a bunch of BULL......the PRIVATE sector they cite as trying to stay competitive with is CUTTING BACK, and NOT giving pay raises in some cases (my husband got NO raise this year).

Would be better if President Bush suggested a lay off of about 20% and NO PAY INCREASES.....

[winner3000]

Bush should give them 4.1%...if they agree to change their contract so that they can be fired.

[End The Hypocrisy]

>>>Would be better if President Bush suggested a lay off of about 20% and NO PAY INCREASES.....<<<

You're absolutely right about the need to lay-off bureaucrats....but the Pendleton Act has to be reformed first in order to make this legally possible. The bureaucrats snuck the Pendleton Act by taxpayers over a century ago, before the telecommunications revolution made it possible for voters to stay as up-to-date about such tax-leeching abuses in Washington D.C. Do you think President Bush can make the legal reform happen?