President Trump ordered pay freezes for all non-military Federal Employees in 2019. This comes after an increase of 2% last year.
This was less than the private sector which came in at about 5%.
Trump cited a section of code that talks about "national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare".
Aren't we told how great the economy is?
Crazy president
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Regardless of the economic situation, I support this.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
He's shrinking the size of the government.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
This is genius. The best way to root out entrenched beaurocrats is to make finding jobs in the private sector highly desirable.
Posted using Partiko Android
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
However, you end up with riff-raft that can't make it outside government remaining in the government. That's not good either. I favor aggressive firing of dead weight.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Easier said than done, unfortunately. Most government HR departments heavily regulate personnel changes. The easiest way to eliminate government employees is to just get rid of whole departments. Unfortunately, when you do that, whatever it is that those departments are doing is no longer being done. Realistically, to do that, you have to engage in reorganization so that you can reshape the government to actual necessity. But that takes years. I still remember when the Army reorganized from Divisions as the basic operational unit to the Brigade Combat Teams. It took about 5 years to fully implement that change, and that was under war-time conditions, when there was a very compelling reason to change as quickly as possible.
You can't run a government in the same way you run a private company, because private companies are unregulated by default, and then the government regulates them by exception. Government organizations are inherently 100% regulated. Ultimately, I think Trump's method is correct, because, while it is true that it will cause serious problems in the short to mid term, due to the emmigration of talent from government service, a secondary effect of that will be that people will realize that they can't rely on government, and begin the process of weening themselves off of it. This will create opportunities for the market to provide things more efficiently and freely. People should not be aspiring to government service. People should be aspiring to create value. But yes, it's going to be painful in the meantime.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
It's less about the economy (we can see the numbers without having to be told) and more about shrinking government.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Wouldn't be surprised if they are making too much, but would be nice if he had the authority to freeze and reduce congress's pay.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
I have to agree. Less incentive in the public sector (no pay raises vs. 5% in private sector) should either keep workers entering the private sector/move public sector workers to the private sector. This may also be his idea of a fix for the more jobs than workers issue.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit