[2ndDivisionVet]

Good grief!

[Theodore R.]

To paraphrase the old song, “What Lola wants, Lola gets,” what federal “public servants” want, they get and even more than they expect on most occasions. The American people remain forever clueless.

[Wisconsinlady]

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

[Michael Barnes]

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.

[A_Former_Democrat]

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

Idiots

[BureaucratusMaximus]

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.

[Eleutheria5]

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.

[GeronL]

pay them all with food stamps

[denydenydeny]

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