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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts) Fri Aug 31, 2018, 02:28 PM Aug 2018

RAISE CANCELLED: Federal employees to pay after Trump's budget busting tax cut scam

For those willing to read between the lines a few months ago, it was not at all difficult to understand that Trump and the Republicans' tax cut scam was just that, a scam. Unfortunately, President Trump is forcing federal employees to go another year without a pay raise.

https://egbertowillies.com/2018/08/30/raise-cancelled-tax-cut-scam/

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RAISE CANCELLED: Federal employees to pay after Trump's budget busting tax cut scam (Original Post) egbertowillies Aug 2018 OP

Congress can put it back and it goes into effect unless he vetoes that appropriation. nt BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #1

Aren't raises put into collective bargaining contracts? no_hypocrisy Aug 2018 #2

BumRushDaShow

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1. Congress can put it back and it goes into effect unless he vetoes that appropriation. nt

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Fri Aug 31, 2018, 02:34 PM

Aug 2018

no_hypocrisy

(46,110 posts)

2. Aren't raises put into collective bargaining contracts?

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 03:02 PM

Aug 2018

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