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Number of Federal Workers Earning Over $150,000 Doubles Under Obama
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 12) -- Working for the federal government is a good gig, if you can get it. The number of federal employees raking in over $150,000 a year has multiplied tenfold in the past half decade and doubled since Barack Obama became president, according to a USA Today analysis. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who will oversee a panel addressing federal pay levels, suggests that federal workers consider an immediate pay freeze along with a 10 percent salary reduction. "It's stunning when you see what's happened to federal compensation," Chaffetz says. "Every metric shows we're heading in the wrong ...
My Talking Points Are Better Than Yours: A War of Spin Over Obama's Budget
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe White House and congressional Republicans essentially agree on national priorities of the moment: creating jobs and reining in the runaway deficit. But sharply diverging ideas on how best to accomplish those goals is fueling a spin war over President Obama's budget, which he says will help generate jobs and begin to curb the red ink, but Republicans say is simply another explosion of federal spending. Call it an outbreak of Dueling Talking Points. House Republican Leader John Boehner has released "10 Things Every American Should Know About President Obama's Budget." Not to be outdone, the ...
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