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

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29. Yeah, seriously.

I dont want to hear about the "poor" federal workers when everywhere i go around here they're living very well. I know 100s of them & I work with people who relocate workers coming in to fill jobs. I also know Fed recruiters for higher level positions. They have no problem filling their positions. Maybe the "poor" ones should transfer down here if its so bad where ever they are.
As I said elsewhere, show me where there is an exodus of workers from federal jobs. There isnt. Because the pay, benefits & job security are pretty good.
But you can certainly find openings in jobs where the pay ISNT good. Because people LEAVE them.
Of course in the big cities its harder. But its harder for EVERY worker. There should be pay adjustments for large cities where the COL is SO much higher than the rest of the country. I have no problem with that. But you go to federal installations across the country and the vast majority of workers are well paid. I dont know where you are, but here, making 70k a year gets you a pretty good life.