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Could save a bundle by giving Civil Service System back to federal workers and eliminating the corruption and excess bonuses of the Senior Executive Service.

My attitude all along has been that doing a blanket freeze on pay raises (beyond the graduated step increases which are still in place) amounts to using a shotgun instead of a scalpel. Civil Service reform, including merit-based pay increases/bonuses AND decreases, could be used to encourage the slackers to leave while incentivizing the good workers to stay and be as productive as possible.

As Conservatives, we should want the government to reduce in size (and with the Boomer retirements there's a fantastic, once in a couple generations opportunity to do that through attrition) focus on the inherently governmental and operate more like the private sector.

Across-the-board freezes not only don't do that but they make the situation worse because it actually encourages the slackers to stay and the good, productive folks to leave.

I'd also add that DHS is using separated military vets as a hiring pool right now. I know a bunch of these folks that have gone in and they are all Conservatives, hard-chargers and really want to be part of the solution, not the problem.

Sorry, posted the wrong link above. this one explicitly talks about DHS's Military Veteran hiring initiatives, the previous one only applied to firefighters.

Does anyone know the position of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan as to whether they would approve of Social Security recipients receiving a COLA (Cost of Living increase) in their retirement checks? If Social Security recipients get one, then retired federal and postal workers will also receive a COLA.