The New York Times
Mon, November 29, 2010 -- 10:39 AM ET
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Breaking News Alert: President Obama to Announce a Pay Freeze for Most Federal Workers!
President Obama plans to announce a pay freeze for most
federal workers later Monday morning, according to an
administration official, the latest White House move intended
to demonstrate concern over deficit spending.
The president's announcement will effectively wipe out plans
for a 1.4 percent across-the-board raise for most of the 2.1
million federal government employees in 2011. The president
has frozen the salaries of his own top White House staff
members since taking office 22 months ago.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/us/polit...
federal workers later Monday morning, according to an
administration official, the latest White House move intended
to demonstrate concern over deficit spending.
The president's announcement will effectively wipe out plans
for a 1.4 percent across-the-board raise for most of the 2.1
million federal government employees in 2011. The president
has frozen the salaries of his own top White House staff
members since taking office 22 months ago.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/us/polit...
It's a shame that President Obama has to do this instead of ending the Bush Era tax cuts for the wealthy. It just makes no sense to me and I would protest if I were the federal workers because everyone should equally make sacrifices and not just one sector of people!