Trump issues executive order freezing federal workers' pay in 2019

[soryang]

CNN- Trump issues executive order freezing federal workers' pay in 2019
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Kevin Liptak, CNN

Updated 10:18 AM ET, Sat December 29, 2018

The move, which nixes a 2.1% across-the-board pay raise that was set to take effect in January, comes as hundreds of thousands of federal employees are expecting to begin the new year furloughed or working without pay because of a partial government shutdown.

Trump told lawmakers he planned to scrap the 2019 pay bump for federal workers in August, saying the federal budget couldn't support it. In addition to the 2.1% pay increase, the executive order also cancels a yearly adjustment of paychecks based on the region of the country where workers are posted, called the "locality pay increase," that was due to take effect in January....

The move does not affect a 2.6% pay increase for US troops next year that was passed as part of the massive defense spending bill Trump signed in August.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/29/politics/trump-executive-order-federal-workers-pay-freeze/index.html

[thegoose]

1. That fucker

This will not go well for his orange ass.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Happy New Year to our valued employees

from the rotten orange.

[NastyRiffraff]

3. He thinks they're all Democrats*

so he sees a chance to hurt them.

*this is false

[Bleacher Creature]

7. Except it may be true after pulling this kind of crap.

It's a perfect example of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[NastyRiffraff]

8. True

This is one of his many blunders. He's alienating more and more people every day.

[Miigwech]

4. See this for what it is

trump and rebubs want to crush unions for Civil Servant's

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Score another one for the Koch Brothers

and the TEa Party.

[soryang]

6. "Trump the Scrooge..."

This commentary had some interesting remarks-


Trump the Scrooge Freezes Federal Workers’ Pay in 2019

David Boddiger

"Adding insult to injury..."

"pouring salt into the wound..."

Addressing Trump's ridiculous and hypocritical "fiscal responsibility" rationalization-

“We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases,” Trump wrote in a letter to lawmakers last August.

This is an interesting argument, considering Republican tax cuts passed last year for the über-wealthy contributed to the largest deficit in years, predicted to hit $981 billion in 2019 and top $1 trillion every year thereafter, according to CNBC.

https://splinternews.com/trump-the-scrooge-freezes-federal-workers-pay-in-2019-1831379597

[benld74]

9. Mother trucking treasonous nitwit

Just another year of falling behind for fed workers. With every cost riding because of his stoopid tariffs, now this.
It’s bad enough having the worst boss in the world, but now this