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CNBC reports:
President Donald Trump said Thursday that civilian employees of the federal government will not receive raises in 2019. In doing away with the 2.1 percent across-the-board pay increase that was scheduled to take effect in January, Trump said he was working “put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course.” Scrapping the raises will save more than $25 billion, Trump said.
“I have determined that for 2019, both across the board pay increases and locality pay increases will be set at zero,” the president said in a letter addressed to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-WI, and released by the White House. “These alternative pay plan decisions will not materially affect our ability to attract and retain a well qualified Federal workforce.”
To the hard-working federal employees Trump just screwed by cutting pay — the folks who run our parks, protect our communities, & serve our veterans: YOU MATTER. If billionaires can get tax cuts, you should get a COLA. You work hard for America & that should add up to something.
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) August 30, 2018
Trump was able to find $2.5 trillion for his budget-busting tax cut for the rich, but now suddenly he can’t pay federal employees. https://t.co/OTs4FRee17
— John Aravosis ?? (@aravosis) August 30, 2018
Trump just canceled federal employees pay raises citing economic emergency. But he also likes to brag that the economy is doing great. Which is it? pic.twitter.com/eiioIVrC9u
— Gabriel Snyder (@gabrielsnyder) August 30, 2018
The @GOP and Trump gave away pay raises for hardworking federal employees to multi-millionaires because they were afraid of losing their donors. https://t.co/sfiCcTjTbm
— Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (@RepBonnie) August 30, 2018
BREAKING: Trump cancels pay raises for federal employees. Trump's screws over hard working government employees to give trillion dollar tax cut to the wealthy and corporations. Trump/GOP only care about the wealthy! https://t.co/0zSIovb86h
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) August 30, 2018
BREAKING: Trump cancels pay raises for federal employees. Trump will do anything to stop the media from covering John McCain's funeral: https://t.co/JVAk4lsVAz
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) August 30, 2018
Federal law lets the president change federal employees' pay scale because of "national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare."
Trump said in his letter to Congress that "I view the increases that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate."
— Sarah D. Wire (@sarahdwire) August 30, 2018