The House leadership’s new “Limit, Save, Grow” bill that would raise the debt ceiling by drastically cutting federal agency funding to the fiscal 2022 levels will only limit government services, save nothing, and grow dissatisfaction among the American public.
That’s because the cuts would lead to furloughs of workers at various agencies, including TSA officers, food and railroad safety inspectors, and Social Security claims processors.
In a letter to members of Congress, AFGE is urging lawmakers to vote down the recently introduced Limit, Save, Grow Act that would do so much harm to the federal government, its missions, and the American people it serves.
The union is asking lawmakers to listen to the agencies that sent letters to the House Appropriations Committee, detailing the irreparable harm this misnamed bill and cuts will cause.
A few examples include:
“Deficits are not the result of growth in federal agencies or employment; federal civilian employment remains less than it was in the 1960s, although the U.S. population has nearly doubled,” said AFGE National President Everett Kelley. “Federal workers have continued to maintain public safety and provide public service throughout the pandemic, even as their wages have lagged behind inflation and continued to trail the private sector.”
AFGE is asking members of Congress to support an immediate increase in the debt ceiling to avoid default and pay for the projects they have already approved.
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