Trump moves to cap pay raise for civilian government workers at 1 percent

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16. Really???

This is a classic CONservative talking point that's part of their propaganda campaign to disparage and demean the federal workforce and civil servants in general. To promote their agenda of privatizing public services, they always fabricate claims that the federal workforce is overpaid, inefficient and untrustworthy and contend that significant savings of tax dollars could be realized through privatization. Unfortunately, every independent, nonpartisan study has proven these claims to be blatantly false! The reality is that federal workers generally receive a salary for their services that is commensurate with their education, expertise, and experience and are actually paid significantly less for critical positions that would merit much higher compensation if they were in the private sector. Also, for several decades there has actually been a significant reduction in the federal (civil servant) workforce and expansion of the contracted/privatized workforce - resulting in a greater overall cost to the taxpayers and general public. The only ones who are literally profiting from this arrangement are the corporate whores (aka King Conald's buddies).