• Obama Gives Raise to Biden, Congress as Fiscal Cliff Looms

    From =?UTF-8?B?LcyuzK7Mgy3MgyDMvuKXj8yuz@1:116/18 to All on Sunday, December 30, 2012 22:01:44
    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
    does the insanity stop? ..b&c ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

    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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  • From Frank McCoy@1:116/18 to All on Sunday, December 30, 2012 22:33:05
    -???-? ??????•?? ™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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  • From Joel Olson@1:116/18 to All on Monday, December 31, 2012 03:02:43
    "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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