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Old 01-12-2013, 11:13 AM   #27
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Spence, I think you'll be hard pressed to find anyone in here arguing that the military doesn't deserve pay increases. I think JD is referrring to Congress voting themselves a pay increase. In most jobs, increases are comensurate with performance and the overall profitability of the company. Can Congress really argue that they deserved a raise based on their performance or the financial health of the country?
Anybody in Fed Civil Service hasn't had a pay raise also, this was for them, unfortunately our Congress also counts in that space.
The Fed claims also to have shed 851K in full time jobs since 2008.
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