Letters: With cliff, cut federal pay

Published: Wednesday, Jan. 2 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

Summary

In an effort to reach compromise on the "fiscal cliff," President Obama has previously agreed to curtail future cost-of-living increases for recipients of Social Security.

Does it surprise anyone that there has not been more discussion of curtailing federal salary increases or reducing perks for elected officials and their staffs?

Ralph Boren

Taylorsville

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ECR

Burke, VA

OK Ralph. I know we just passed the Christmas Holidays and yo might not have been focusing on the news. But before you make any more bold statements you might want to do some research. Despite the president's request to give federal employees More..

6:28 a.m. Jan. 2, 2013
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Emajor

Ogden, UT

Considering how little of the federal budget is tied up in federal salaries, it might make you feel good to know that you are making the lives of federal employees more difficult to save a pittance, but you are accomplishing little. They may have More..

6:55 a.m. Jan. 2, 2013
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ECR

Burke, VA

LDS Liberal said "After 3 years of NO pay raise at all,
Federal workers will see a 0.5% increase - the first since 2009."

Sorry, but you've been given some bad information. That pay raise was promoted by President Obama More..

12:27 p.m. Jan. 2, 2013
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