Tuesday, November 30, 2010

A union hacks position on the Obama Fed pay freeze

This guy covers all the bases and really spreads the manure thick.

Here are some reaction statements to President Obama's proposal to freeze the pay for some federal employees. Check back later for more reaction.

American Federation of Government Employees National President John Gage
on the pay freeze proposal. From a phone interview with Fox News Radio White House Correspondent Mike Majchrowitz.

"It seems like a P.R. stunt."

"Sacrifice is one thing and our federal employees do it all the time but the real problem we have is that it seems like a P.R. stunt."

"Cutting federal employee pay is really going to do nothing for the deficit but I just hate to see the President coming out and reinforcing this issue that federal employees are over-paid which is not true."

"What is going on in our country is really a jobs problem and an income problem and cutting wages just doesn't seem to be helpful."

"It doesn't seem to be part of any plan it just looks like a panic gesture and I am very disappointed with the administration."

"It's hard recruiting federal workers especially to get some of the top-notch candidates and when people see that there are going to be pay freezes and the pay is not going to be steady, I think it really hurts retention and recruitment."

No one said anything about cutting federal employees pay. What was said, was that there should be a two year freeze while this administration attempts to figure out which end is up.

As to whether it is a PR stunt? I tend to agree. In the absence of substantive cuts to entitlements and ear marks and a freeze and roll back on all congressional spending, this policy will result in only negligible results (if any) in lowering the federal budget.

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