Trump Freezes Pay for Federal Employees
Eight days into The Trump Shutdown where 800,000 federal employees are either furloughed without pay or still working without pay, Trump decided to add insult to injury by signing an executive order stripping away a 2.1% pay raise that was coming on January 1. He cited “fiscal sustainability” as his reason, this after blowing a gigantic trillion dollar hole in the budget by ramming through an unseeded and cynical tax cut for his billionaire donors in 2017. Happy New Year.
If you’re a federal employee and voted for this carnival barker, you’re getting what you deserve. The rest of you, I’m sorry he’s been inflicted on you and the rest of us normal people.