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newblewtoo (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:52 AM Original message |
Federal employees earn 2% pay raise |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. Unfucking believable. They should up SS 2%. nt |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Outrage? A 2% pay raise is nothing. What is wrong with workers earning money? |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. When that same federal government comes out and tells seniors |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Let me see if I get this |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Across the board raises for everyone employed by the federal |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It's not a decision made about seniors. It's a flaw in the formula. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Then adjust the forumla for SS COL increases. Why punish thousands of employees? n/t |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not at all |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. +1. It is sad that Reagan and his cronies created such a hatred for the Federal workforce. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. and they pay taxes like everyone else |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. No, I'm not outraged |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. um, only outrage is that the worker bees who keep things humming along |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. You're kidding right? |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. That they got only a 2% raise? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'll be outraged if it doesn't extend to Federal retirees....like me. |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I get a federal pension too |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Well, I don't consider my pension a gift. I earned it. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
15. Not as much when compared to the constant congressional self-imposed raises |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
16. Outraged enough to post it twice? |
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newblewtoo (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Nope, not that outraged |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Actually only 1 out of 20 replies agreed with you. There is nothing wrong with |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. the outrage is this raise while Social Security is frozen for 2 years. |
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