Trump cancels pay raises for federal employees (August)

[TomCADem]

Republicans must really hate federal employees. First, cancelling pay increases, and now furloughing employees in the middle of the holidays.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/08/30/politics/trump-cancels-federal-employee-pay-raises/index.html

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump told lawmakers on Thursday he wants to scrap a pay raise for civilian federal workers, saying the nation's budget couldn't support it.

In a letter to House and Senate leaders, Trump described the pay increase as "inappropriate."

"We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases," the President wrote.

An across-the-board 2.1% pay increase for federal workers was slated to take effect in January. In addition, a yearly adjustment of paychecks based on the region of the country where a worker is posted -- the "locality pay increase" -- was due to take effect.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. They hate all working people but especially government.

[TSheehan]

2. What happened to Mexico paying for his wall?