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Federal Workers Want Pay Raise in Obama's Second Term
Breitbart's Big Government ^ | November 9, 2012 | Michael Patrick Leahy

Posted on 11/09/2012 11:22:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

With President Obama safely re-elected to a second term, federal workers feel comfortable to make their demands known. As debate rages over lowering the federal deficit, they want a pay raise.

As CNN's Money magazine reports:

[Union president Colleen M.] Kelley said her No. 1 issue right now is getting federal worker salaries unfrozen on Jan. 1, even if that means working out a deal later in the year and making pay hikes retroactive to Jan. 1.

In the midst of that, federal workers are also nervous about the fiscal cliff , which includes $1.2 trillion worth of spending cuts over a decade if Congress fails to act by Jan. 1. Some 277,000 workers -- 14% of the federal work force -- could lose their jobs in the next 12 months if the U.S. cannot avoid the cliff, according to a study by the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University.

A recent study by two scholars at the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation showed that the average federal employee currently makes significantly more than their private sector counterparts. As the authors wrote in the Wall Street Journal this past April, two additional studies supported their analysis:

When the public pay debate began to simmer two years ago, we were among the few analysts to show that many public employees—federal, state and local, including public school teachers—are paid more than what their skills would merit in the private economy...

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: government; obama; taxes; unions
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Demand a Balanced Budget Amendment NOW !

Sure, demand it and see what you get. You do realize that the White House and the Senate are under the control of the Democrats and they are not the least interested in balancing the budget.

So, why say such things? Totally unrealistic.

61 posted on 12/28/2012 2:20:01 PM PST by OldPossum
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To: Theodore R.

The only private sector industry I see getting the money they want without any consideration for the jobless condition is home owner’s insurance companies.

I have seen over the last three years a 45% increase in my h/o premiums, with any accountability. This is the Florida Farm Bureau that claims to be a non-profit but all their staff gets raises every year while my pay is almost at a standstill.

What does it take?

I’m at about $2500 a year premium, up 45% in three years.
$30,000 hurricane deductible, and no sink-hole coverage.


62 posted on 12/28/2012 2:23:54 PM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: OldPossum

Why say such things ? Because reason and sanity must prevail and we must demand such measures forcefully and unapologetically. Keeping quiet will not move us in that direction.


63 posted on 12/28/2012 2:44:33 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Brandonmark
Federal Workers Want Demand and by Executive Order willDID Receive Pay Raise in Obama's Second Term New thread up. He gave it to them by EO.

Obama Orders Pay Raise for Federal Employees

Govt by decree. No more representative democracy for us!!


64 posted on 12/28/2012 3:12:20 PM PST by HeartlandOfAmerica
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.
There is no greater guilt than discontentment.
And there is no greater disaster than greed.
Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu


65 posted on 12/28/2012 4:13:11 PM PST by Wisconsinlady (The only thing to stop a bad person with a gun, is a good person with a gun.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Why not wait until there is a reasonable chance of success? Only when the Senate is in Republican hands and both houses have enough votes to override a presidential veto is there a prayer. You’re wasting your breath until then.


66 posted on 12/28/2012 5:11:17 PM PST by OldPossum
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To: OldPossum

The likelihood of a veto-proof majority in either body for the GOP is next to none. A Balanced Budget Amendment needs to be done NOW.


67 posted on 12/28/2012 5:28:59 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: tsowellfan

I want a skittle dropping flying unicorn.


68 posted on 12/28/2012 6:11:37 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I didn’t say it was likely. Just pointing out the situation needed to pass a balanced budget amendment. But OK, OK. Let me know when you get it done.


69 posted on 12/28/2012 6:20:53 PM PST by OldPossum
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I say give it to them, and double, nay, triple...scratch that..quadruple down on the raise and put ALL those assholes into a MUCH nicer HIGHER tax bracket. Lets get balls deep into playing this funny money game and let it ALL crash
I WANT the crash to come. I want it to come on MY watch so that my sons may have a chance at something other than taxed servitude if the wish to remain Americans.
70 posted on 12/28/2012 6:27:38 PM PST by Michael Barnes (Obamaa+ Downgrade)
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To: OldPossum

So what’s your alternative ?


71 posted on 12/28/2012 6:32:09 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I have none, and there is none. That’s what I’ve been trying to convey to you.

There will be no balanced budget amendment, not in our lifetimes.


72 posted on 12/28/2012 6:50:29 PM PST by OldPossum
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To: OldPossum

Well I’m trying to offer a viable solution. The alternative is to sit quietly and wait for a complete collapse with this continuous unrestrained spending.


73 posted on 12/28/2012 7:33:25 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah what business would lose its butt every year but grant pay raises . . not to mention fail to downsize its workforce

Idiots


74 posted on 12/29/2012 12:51:40 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Elections do have consequences, young people of America)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let me just say first off, that I am a 15 year, non-union, federal worker for an agency that will not be affected by sequestration. This is my attitude...since 2009, I had been personally preparing for some kind of furlough to happen to fed workers for the last 3 years. (I’ve been living and budgeting based on 24 pay periods instead of 26) I seen the writing on the wall since local, county, and state employees have experienced 10 day furloughs the last couple years. I am thankful for my employment, and in this economy, the “expectation” of a raise is ridiculous. I really can’t believe how so many people could be so clueless.


75 posted on 12/29/2012 5:56:19 AM PST by BureaucratusMaximus (Economy says: White House worse than expected.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fire half of them. Give half of the fired workers’ pay to the unfired workers. Budget cut. Fiscal cliff avoided. Federal workers get pay raise. Done and done. Also legalize pot and tax it.


76 posted on 12/29/2012 1:53:55 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

pay them all with food stamps


77 posted on 12/29/2012 7:14:00 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A ruling class of Morlocks, demanding ever new tribute from the Eloi.


78 posted on 12/30/2012 12:21:39 PM PST by denydenydeny (Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocqueville)
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