Federal Pay Freeze, but no cuts....

A pay freeze for ten years?! Glad I am in the private sector! Cuts would be ludicrous.

Thanks "furturebeachbum" for posting this!

The president finally caved to his big government beliefs. Perhaps it was the europeans laughing at his policies that they have tried and failed at that made him think alittle clearer.

The Healthcare bill in itself added 4K more government departments. The government is way over paid on every level yet they still get raises.

This freeze is way too little way to late. Im stunned at how economically dense this president is.

A pay freeze for ten years?! Glad I am in the private sector! Cuts would be ludicrous.

The private sector is dealing with pay-cuts all across the board. Thats if that private sector company is still open for business..

A pay freeze for ten years?! Glad I am in the private sector! Cuts would be ludicrous.

10 Years?

The freeze is for 2 years.

The two-year freeze would apply to all civilian federal employees, including those working at the Department of Defense, but would not affect military personnel.

It has savings projections for 10 years...

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That is irritating. I don't even try and post very much from mine.

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Thanks "furturebeachbum" for posting this!

The president finally caved to his big government beliefs. Perhaps it was the europeans laughing at his policies that they have tried and failed at that made him think alittle clearer.

The Healthcare bill in itself added 4K more government departments. The government is way over paid on every level yet they still get raises.

This freeze is way too little way to late. Im stunned at how economically dense this president is.

Given the strong position you are taking on gov't spending and the economy is it fair to assume you are in favor of allowing the Bush Tax Cuts to expire?

Note: This liberal Obama supporter would like to see them expire for all Americans.

The savings is $5B over two years with the proposed pay freeze to control the deficit which this President seriously contributed to 'stimulate' our economy.

Given the strong position you are taking on gov't spending and the economy is it fair to assume you are in favor of allowing the Bush Tax Cuts to expire?

Note: This liberal Obama supporter would like to see them expire for all Americans.

This conservative is more than willing to let the Bush tax cuts expire providing you can assure me the money saved will be used to limit government, return states rights, cut spending and otherwise used wisely. Unfortunately, you nor anyone else can assure such a result when Congress continues to fritter away our tax dollars on useless projects such as Senate Bill 510.

Letting the Bush tax cuts expire does not mean that is actual money we now can choose to spend on something else - that is DEFICIT spending and not digging a deeper hole is a huge part of solving the out of control budget.

The federal government borrows 37 cents for every dollar it spends - which IMO means we can't keep those tax cuts in place.

I applaud the President for a step in the right direction. As to the Bush cuts, I support expiration for those with incomes in excess of 1 million combined with spending cuts back to 2008 levels. Then lets see where the economy and the budget are after a year and proceed further. We can use the year to look at Social Security and Medicare reform and the repeal of Obamacare.