House Republicans started the new year with a list of proposed cuts they want to make under the budget reconciliation process, an expedited procedure that doesn’t require the Senate’s normal 60-vote threshold.
On the “menu” so far are several proposals that affect federal workers, including:
These cuts, proposed over a 10-year period, are once more attack on federal workers who make nearly 25% less than those doing the same jobs in the private sector.
Since 2011, federal workers have involuntarily contributed more than $300 billion to help reduce a deficit they didn’t create. From three years of pay freezes to mandatory increases in employee pension contributions for those hired after 2013, federal workers have been scapegoated for Congress’ bad decisions in providing tax cuts to corporations and wealthy individuals instead of funding government programs. This injustice has resulted in serious shortfall in federal workers’ retirement income.
Now House Republicans are launching another wave of attacks on these employees, one third of whom are veterans who are wearing their second uniform in service to their country.
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