1.10.3: Civil Employee Pay
Impose a three-year pay freeze on federal workers and Defense Department civilians. Other Information:
Out of duty and patriotism, hardworking federal employees provide a great service to this country. But in a time of budget
shortfalls, all levels of government must trim back. In the recent recession, millions of private sector and state and municipal
employees had their wages frozen or cut back, and millions more lost their jobs altogether. In contrast, federal workers’
wages increase annually due to automatic formulas in law, providing them with cost-of-living-adjustments totaling more than
five percent in the last two years. This proposal would institute a three-year government-wide freeze on federal pay at every
government agency, including the Department of Defense civilian workforce. This proposal will save $20.4 billion in 2015.
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