You Smelly Grunts Have "arrived"

[karlunity]

Seems that our leader, in the name of that fiscal responsibly for which he is so justly renowned, whats to freeze all fed pay for two years....until the election.

 

Some of our more liberal friends want to share this boon with the troops.

 

So, while you are out there running the ridges and exchanging lead, know that the folk back in DC running around the basket ball court or exchanging pickup-lines at the cock-tail party are thinking of you.

 

 

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/130933-hoyer-military-should-also-see-pay-freeze

 

Karl

[FC]

Is there a pay freeze for the President, Congress, and the Senate?

[karlunity]

Is there a pay freeze for the President, Congress, and the Senate?

 

 

Nope...if anything they will need a raise.

 

Hey..D.C. is an expensive place and they have needs...With the money we can save by cutting troop pay, pols can earmark a nice bonus for them selves.

 

Karl

[724wd]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama announced a two-year pay freeze for federal employees Monday, and warned the American public that the move is the first of many difficult decisions that must be made to reduce the nation's mounting deficits.

 

"The hard truth is that getting this deficit under control is going to require some broad sacrifice, and that sacrifice must be shared by the employees of the federal government," Obama said.

 

The freeze would apply to all civilian federal employees, including those working at the Department of Defense, but would not affect military personnel. The freeze is expected to save more than $5 billion in savings over two years, $28 billion over five years and more than $60 billion over 10 years, White House officials said.

 

Congress is not covered by Obama's executive branch order. But lawmakers voted last April to freeze their pay, with the House and Senate opting to forgo an automatic $1,600 annual cost-of-living increase.

 

While Obama said the federal employee salary freeze was necessary to put the nation on sound fiscal footing, he also said that he didn't reach the decision lightly.

 

"This is not just a line item on a federal ledger," he said. "These are people's lives."

 

The savings from the pay freeze make only a small dent in the nation's $1 trillion-plus budget deficit. But with voters voicing their anger over Washington's spending during the midterm elections, even a symbolic gesture would show the White House got the message.

[FC]

If the leaders took a pay freeze I'd take one too.