02-18-2020, 12:52 AM
Quote:A days after Trump was boasting at the State of the Union address of an economy pumping away at a rate better than any in American history, Trump cut pay raises for federal employees from a planned 2.5% to 1%, adding that the “alternative pay plan decision will not materially affect our ability to attract and retain a well‑qualified federal workforce.” Again, the justification seems to revolve around the idea of a “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare,” which the White House says authorizes the president to ‘implement alternative plans for pay adjustments.” There was also a cut in federal employee retirement pay.Your tax dollars at work: Trump’s new policies are way more alarming than his vengeance campaign against perceived enemies – Alternet.org
- And this after touting the strength of the economy as well as how good his policies have been to working people..

