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  That’s not a raise.
context: I hope they don't get so excited that they forget the Republicans wanted to pass a bill so they could fire them if they put up any resistance during another government shutdown. >
  
  Why would we be excited? This is way below inflation so it’s basically a pay cut, our health insurance is going up by twice that percent.  And yeah nobody forgot about schedule f. >
  
  Yep. That's what happens when the economy is mismanaged for years and years and we bankrupt the government to give billionaires their biggest tax cut in history while also keeping interest rates at zero in order to artificially pump the stock market. >
  
  It's gonna trickle down this time, right? >
  
  Right. This time will be different. Has to be. >
  
  Paying employees their due is always a good investment. >
  
  Only what, 2-3% below inflation! Yay? >
  
  Seriously. I simply do not understand why they can't just peg the wage increase directly to inflation. Its fucking stupid. >
  
  Late to the party but that only applies to GS employees, not FWS workers. WG employees don’t even get locality pay, which is bullshit. >
  
  Damn that sucks.  I thought ROUS locality was bad, not having even that is horrible. >
  
  Meanwhile, federal minimum wage hasn’t changed since 2009 >
  
  That'd be a four dollar raise for me....I would be thrilled >
  
  You make $87/hr and you're worried about four bucks? >
  
  That's an extra $640 a month or $8320 a year. You don't think that's a chunk of change? >
  
  Well, at $87 an hour they would make almost $14,000 a month.  So no. 640 isn’t that big of a raise. >
  
  That is the biggest such raise in 20 years. Since around 2010, it has been in the 0-1% range much of the time. >
  
  Obama did three years with 0%. >
  
  The moment I realized me being a civilian that I work for the government >
  
  Damn, good for them. >
  
  That’s better than a pizza party >
  
  where's dark brandon when you need him? keep raising the federal employees' pay & nationalize massive corporations that pay their employees a poverty wage with executive orders. expand the supreme court. I'm living in fantasy land but it's more fun than this $7.25/hour reality. >
  
  4.67% for my locality. I’ll take it. Still below inflation but it’s something.