Secret Service director tells agents: I am 'fighting' to get you paid

[TomCADem]

Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON – Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex" Alles assured agents that he is "fighting" to get more than 1,000 agents compensated for hundreds of hours they worked in overtime during the Trump administration.

As USA TODAY first reported on Monday, the Secret Service can no longer pay hundreds of agents who have already reached federally mandated caps on salary and overtime allowances, as the agency grapples with protecting a president who has spent almost every weekend in office visiting properties he owns on the East Coast and the 18-member first family's frequent business trips and vacations.

In a memo sent to the agency's 6,800 agents and officers, Alles said he was working with Congress on a "multi-year'' plan that would raise the caps from $161,000 to $187,000.

"Getting legislation introduced and enacted in the current environment is a challenge to be sure,'' Alles said in the memo sent Wednesday evening and obtained by USA TODAY. "But know that I am committed to fighting on your behalf every day to get this done."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/24/secret-service-dir-fighting-lift-pay-caps-details-protecting-record-number-officialprotective-detail/597501001/

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Well, I guess the Trump administration really is pretty cool with slavery. I am sure Trump will soon tweet, "Word smarter, not harder."

[MLAA]

1. A real 10 Billionaire.....

Would pay their overtime out of his own pocket since they are protecting his orange ass. And don't get me started on the fact that any self respecting billionaire would never charge for golf cart rentals....

[chwaliszewski]

2. Prima Donald better be careful...

and not piss off too many SS agents. They may not be there when he needs them. Just saying.

[Danmel]

16. Remember the fate of Niedermeyer in Animal House

[zentrum]

3. He regards them

....as his vassals. His rightful retinue, as if he's a King from pre-revolutionary France.

I'm sure that's his fantasy when he sees them.

[nwduke]

4. The next group

To be screwed by trump!

[calimary]

12. Welcome to DU, nwduke!

There's bound to be a continuing series.

Like these, for starters:

What Trump Has Undone
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/24/what-trump-has-undone/?utm_term=.acc280833d96

[ATL Ebony]

31. Hey/they may have shot themselves in the foot by undoing this one.

Rescinded an Obama effort to reduce mandatory sentences. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered that prosecutors seek the most stringent penalties possible in criminal cases.

[calimary]

32. That bunch really doesn't understand the law.

OR the law of unintended consequences.

[ATL Ebony]

33. Agree, but they're about to find out -- soon I hope.

[rpannier]

5. Congress needs to set him a budget

If he goes outside of it, he has to stay at the White House and his family have to decide whether to keep the agents or not. If they keep them, they cannot go anywhere either

[Cosmocat]

34. YEP

If they were truly the "fiscal conservatives" they have hailed themselves as for decades now.

He'll, if Clinton or bho had so much as had a ss get a cup of coffee for him, they would have passed legislation win 24 hours.

[Doug the Dem]

6. They should Go on Strike

Hey, with this president, I wouldn't care.

[Bengus81]

17. That's a damn good idea.........

I'd love to see them out on Penn Ave with their UNFAIR signs--soon to be joined by thousands of supporters. DO IT!!!

[IronLionZion]

22. If they did, then our military and other federal law enforcement would step in

which would cause other problems in taking them off their official duties and investigations.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. No one should work without being paid.

I sincerely hope that these agents leave the job the day after they don't get a scheduled pay check.

[groundloop]

8. Just as expected from someone with 6 bankruptcies under his belt

Screw creditors, screw suppliers, screw contractors, and screw employees.

45* keeps saying he has such great, perfect, awesome experience running businesses.... bullshit - his business model isn't sustainable. He simply takes advantage of people such as these agents and leaves someone else to clean up the mess while he walks away all the richer.

[Cosmocat]

35. YEP

Just a precursor.

This is how he leaves the whole country.

[appleannie1943]

9. They all need to get really sick and have to call off. Every one of them.

[trixie2]

10. This pisses me off

How very unAmerican but very Trumplike.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. I couldn't say it better than each and everyone on this thread already has

Not pay the Secret Service - of all people??

[SergeStorms]

13. If King Donnie wants his......

entire family to enjoy Secret Service protection let HIM pay for it! NONE of those idiots are employees of the government, so if they want protection THEY should pay for it. And Trump CHARGING Secret Service Agents to use HIS stupid golf carts at HIS stupid golf courses is a violation of the emoluments clause! Trump has violated that clause enough times to deserve impeachment alone!

Treating the Federal Government like his own private piggy bank IS ILLEGAL! I'm seriously considering withholding my income tax payments this year in protest of Trump making so much money from the taxpayers! This greedy piece of crap ONLY cares about his bank account, and how many different ways in which he can screw the taxpayers out of money. AND HE THINKS HE DESERVES IT, BECAUSE OF ALL THE WONDERFUL WORK HE'S DONE!

TRUMP IS A LAZY, GREEDY, DISHONEST, CRIMINAL PARASITE!

[Cosmocat]

36. YEP

I'm feeling you.

[steve2470]

14. another day in our Nazi POTUS administration

SS better get paid soon.

[Achilleaze]

15. republican golfer goof-off* squandering our tax dollars

and stiffing the help again. How republican is that?

* Comrade Casino, republican "family values" role model, and Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[Bengus81]

18. Gosh...more workers SCREWED by Trump. Who'd a thunk it??

Like that fat,orange fucker cares. He's probably got a list going of how much he's saved in their wages and can use that for his big tax cut for the RICH program.

[keithbvadu2]

19. Trump cheating those he considers 'underlings' out of wages again?

[keithbvadu2]

20. Trump was going to keep his private security detail.

Trump was going to keep his private security detail.

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&q=trump+keep+private+security+detail&oq=trump+keep+private+security+detail&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i21k1.2620.16919.0.18715.44.43.0.0.0.0.243.5612.0j34j2.36.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..8.33.5155...0j0i131k1j0i22i30k1j33i22i29i30k1j33i160k1.ObBWo8dZzkQ

Have them fetch for you, Donald.

https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+keep+private+security+detail&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com

[IronLionZion]

21. An unpopular president is being an asshole to people who protect him

One would think someone would tell him that's a bad idea.

[Bayard]

23. Now THERE'S a job for his gun-toting minions!

Can you see the interviews for replacements? "Why did the last guy leave?" "Because he didn't get paid. If you take the job, (please, please, please!), we won't be able to pay you either."

[Lulu KC]

24. Not the people you want to be resenting you for non-payment! n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

25. DonnieJohn is accustomed to not paying for services rendered

[Dopers_Greed]

26. Secret Service getting stiffed

Just like all of Dump's other contractors

[C_U_L8R]

27. How about this...

Trump pays for every dollar spent over a fixed budget. Manage that, Donald.

[Blue Idaho]

28. Hand the Trump family guns...

Tell them it's time for them to exercise their second amendment rights.

[MineralMan]

29. No Pay? No Work!

That's the rule. That rule should never be broken.

I once had a client who was slow to pay me. I worked regularly for him and he depended on my work. The second time I didn't get paid on time, I emailed him with the words in the title of this post.

It never happened again. As a freelancer, I have to pay my bills on time, so I absolutely insist that my clients pay me on time. If they don't and won't, I fire them. It is that simple. Sometimes you have to be direct and blunt with some people.

[gopiscrap]

30. what do you want to bet that most of these "cops" voted for this

repuke. While I don't condone for a minute what trump is doing to them, I hope those that voted for this fucker pause and think about what he is doing to them...you've all been warned, now you have to deal with the consequences.

[Cosmocat]

37. Overwhelming majority

Who will continue to be reliable R voters.

[ElementaryPenguin]

38. Drumpf's either one of the bravest or dumbest homo sapiens on the planet!