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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yall about to get hit with a pay freeze for four consecutive years. Be happy that Biden increased federal salaries by 14.5% during his administration.[/quote]

This didn’t happen during the first Trump administration.  Elon et al. don’t play nice and will get on everybody’s nerves and will be let go and it will be business as usual, again.[/quote]

it did not. Under his first administration, feds got 7.4 percent compared to 14.5 under Biden. I think feds need to stop whining.

and while Trump may have given pitiful increases his first administration, I'm convinced it will be nothing or less than his first term. I can see 1% every year. meaning feds will fall further behind. what's different this time is Trump absolutely despises feds. Last time around he didn't know better. but yall got in the way of him accomplishing his agenda (from his point of view). The fact that he wants to fire 75 percent of yall on day #1, I don't see a world where you get equal or better raises than what Biden gave. Now, I'm not silly enough to believe he will actually succeed in firing 75 percent of feds. what I'm saying is his mentality will equal bad raises. [/quote]

It’s not really intellectually honest to compare a cumulative 7.4% under trump 1 to 14.5% under Biden without comparing to inflation over those same periods. (And both should be compounded (ie multiplied) not just added up). 
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It’s also important to include the broader national household income context, since that’s something approximating the market that the federal government has to compete for talent in. During Trump 1 the median income rose roughly 16%, whereas under Biden it grew by more like 18%. So with both the federal scale increase didn’t keep up with the labor market, but it was worse under Trump 1. If we think federal employees are lazy now, what will it be like when the new hires are the people who couldn’t win a better-paying job in the private sector?[/quote]

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