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Trump freezes federal workers' 2019 pay amid government shutdown
As a partial government shutdown stretches into its second week, leaving hundreds of federal workers unable to collect a paycheck, government employees have more bad news in store for them: President Trump signed an executive order Friday that will prevent federal workers from receiving a pay increase in 2019.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-freezes-pay-for-federal-workers-2019-government-shutdown-6eacc2f6590d/
I point this out to highlight the blatant class war. Trump, his cronies and repubs pay themselves with a tax break for the rich putting the US in further debt by 1 trillion a year (so I've heard that number). They pay themselves, prevent payment of federal staff and FREEZE pay raises for 2019. Puke! A million times over... PUKE!
The end to this cannot come fast enough!
