Ever Imagine you are working for a company that is going bankrupt, but
everyone you work with and your bosses are getting pay raises. Seem
absurd? Not if you work for the failing federal government, because
President Obama has decreed that Vice President Biden, members of
Congress, and most federal workers are getting raises for 2013. Where
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As the U.S. government is losing its luster on the bond market and as
the fiscal cliff looms, President Obama issued an executive order to
give everyone raises.

Obama has generously bestowed a $6,379 per year raise on Grampa Joe;
he's given members of the House a $900 increase; and he's doled out a .
5 percent pay increase to federal workers.

Jeryl Bier does the math on the raises federal workers will get.

RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR THE EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE 2012
Level I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$199,700
Level II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
179,700
Level III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165,300
Level IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
155,500
Level V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
145,700

Here are the rates in the just-signed Executive Order:

RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR THE EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE 2013
Level I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$200,700
Level II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180,600
Level III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
166,100
Level IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
156,300
Level V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
146,400

The pay raises will take effect on March 27, 2013.

As the President and the House seek to rearrange the deck chairs on
this Titanic ship of state, Obama has decided it is a good idea to
throw more coal into the furnaces. It's full steam ahead and damn the
financial torpedoes.

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-???-? ??????•?? ™Usenet Legends ªºªand?a®ole <usenetlegends00010@gmail.com> wrote:

Ever Imagine you are working for a company that is going bankrupt, but >everyone you work with and your bosses are getting pay raises. Seem
absurd?

Well: Where the BOSSES of companies going bankrupt are getting hugely
obscene pay-raises is pretty much SOP these days; and has been for
several decades now. The people we work-with? THEY get pay-cuts and
layoffs.

Also, you're giving pay-scales for *executives*, not "everyone you
work with". Any time there are layoffs or pay-cuts, you know darned
good and well any executive is going to lay off those UNDER him, not
himself.

So ... The workers get fired or pay-cuts, while all of the executives
remain at the same salaries. Guess who does all the REAL work? Guess
who gets blamed for "lack of productivity" in the company? Guess why
the business is going down the crapper?

"Too many chiefs; and not enough indians."
An age-old problem.

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"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message news:or42e8pnmn0onu4ha4jikjbtohemn3khdb@4ax.com...

-???-? ??????•?? ™Usenet Legends ªºªand?a®ole <usenetlegends00010@gmail.com> wrote:

Ever Imagine you are working for a company that is going bankrupt, but >>everyone you work with and your bosses are getting pay raises. Seem
absurd?

Well: Where the BOSSES of companies going bankrupt are getting hugely
obscene pay-raises is pretty much SOP these days; and has been for
several decades now. The people we work-with? THEY get pay-cuts and layoffs.

Also, you're giving pay-scales for *executives*, not "everyone you
work with". Any time there are layoffs or pay-cuts, you know darned
good and well any executive is going to lay off those UNDER him, not
himself.

So ... The workers get fired or pay-cuts, while all of the executives
remain at the same salaries. Guess who does all the REAL work? Guess
who gets blamed for "lack of productivity" in the company? Guess why
the business is going down the crapper?

"Too many chiefs; and not enough indians."
An age-old problem.

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The Federal workforce (serving their country a lot longer than the military types)
has been taking hits in their pay and benefits for a long time.

Maybe its a case of a just case being made: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/feds-mobilize-against-additional-hits-on-their-pocketbooks/2012/12/17/19325746-4881-11e2-ad54-580638ede391_story.html



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