Trump’s pay freeze for federal workers may be his most cynical and self-destructive stunt yet
9/1/18
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from LA Times,
8/31/18:
President Trump, … announced he was canceling pay raises for federal civilian employees due to kick in on Jan. 1. The bottom line is an effective pay cut for potentially thousands of Comstock’s constituents.
One almost has to admire Trump for his sheer crassness in making this announcement. He did so just days after he crowed in a tweet that the “economy has never been better.” Yet he cited a law allowing him to cancel the raises in times of “national emergency or serious economic conditions.” And he acted only two days before the start of Labor Day weekend.
Let’s unpack the numbers and background related to this announcement.
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