Obama wants to give a 1% raise to federal employees, this along with a 1/2 point bump that they get normally depending on pay grade. Considering the generous pensions and health benefits these people get, I think they will survive without a raise anytime soon. And what is really maddening, the union is pissed off it is only 1%. GMAFB!

My income has gone down since the recession, and thanks to Obamacare, I will be losing even more to pay for a shitty health care package I did not want in the first place. We are going down in flames and nobody in Washington seems to give a damn.

“After all that federal workers have sacrificed the past three years, they have  earned a raise,” William R. Dougan, national president of the National  Federation of Federal Employees, told CNN. “I repeat, they have earned a raise.  We are pleased to see the president take a bold stance and advocate for this  badly-needed pay adjustment.”

Read more here if you have the stomach for it. A Nod to Drudge for the link.