The 2016 spending bill holds more presents than lumps of coal for federal employees. The omnibus appropriations bill is the first one in some time that didn’t require federal employees to hold their collective breaths for possible pay and benefits changes.
For federal employees, it starts with the 1.3 percent pay raise President Barack Obama approved in August. It remains untouched. The spending bill was silent on the raise, which means as of Jan. 1, employees will see an increase.
Next comes what wasn’t in the bill. Congress didn’t attempt to or include any cuts or reductions on retirement or health benefits.
“We’ve gone from three years of a pay freeze to two years at 1 percent, thank god we are at least at 1 plus the locality, 1.3 percent or a little higher in some areas. They left our pensions alone. They left our health care alone,” said J. David Cox, the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, during a press briefing with reporters on Dec. 16 in Washington. “The future does seem to look at little brighter than what we were seeing.”
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5 comments:
Isn't it interesting how your government retired neighbor never complains about their 80-100k retirement? You only hear from those future retirees that worry about not achieving the same payout. Most likely, it's because the retirees are away on one of their many cruises (thanks to the taxpayer).
But, the governments won't give veterans a COLA increase. And, I feel bad for senior citizens in this county.
Where's the raise for our military, our seniors, our retirees?
fyi 10:56,retirees have already paid their fair share. It's NOT taxpayers paying them, it's their own money. Money they paid in. Idiot!
8:39 AM
they must mean someone who has retired from working for the gov't. ss retires get nowhere near 80k they mentioned.
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