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Pulling the Plug on Federal Pay -- Again

February 15, 2013
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President Obama wants to give federal employees a timely 0.5% raise after a two-year pay freeze, but House Republicans have just voted for a third year of frozen pay. Federal employees have not asked for a pass, but there is no way to justify singling them out as a solitary target, repeatedly picked out and picked on for cuts, apart from the rest of the federal budget.

Three years of frozen pay is a punishing cut in pay. Athough much smaller than 25 years ago, our federal workforce is so efficient that they are serving millions more here and abroad today. Each of these hardworking civil servants, the best educated and most specialized public employees in the country, either performs essential services the country cannot do without or renders vital support for these services.

The House majority has graduated from demonizing federal employees; they now want their pay. Republicans do not have support from the country to cut federal pay, so for three years they have sought a backdoor way to do exactly that with never-ending pay freezes. If enough is ever enough, enough pay freezes is enough this year!

Publihed: February 15, 2013