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

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26. None of the facilities around here bring in high school students & havent for decades.

I know plenty of senior citizens who started out that way decades ago, but its not done in Georgia, Florida or Alabama anymore. Maybe elsewhere, but it would seem a program like that would be available everywhere. The Co-op programs have been shut down for several years because of no shortage of qualified applicants. I have several friends who started with that program; they were paid WG5 wages when they worked & transitioned into WG8 positions. All of them are now either WG11 & up or have transitioned to GS11+ jobs.
Looking at that locality pay scale, the majority of workers in my area are making 60-125k. And that scale doesnt cover Wage Grade positions. I know several WG workers in their 40s-50s making 75-85k. I grew up here; I probably know 100s of Federal workers that i'm pulling this info from. And again, we never see many federal jobs going unfilled, so there isnt a low pay & benefit issue.
Its not a RW talking point. Its a fact; a good government job is viewed as a "catch' and people rarely leave them until they retire. Show me where thats not true.