On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:33:59 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:


http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/
news/20091211/1afedpay11_st.art.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Everybody else, not so much.

Oh - and mean while, SSI and SSD recipients got a huge increase - ZERO
percent as I understand it. So Gramma and Grampa got nuttin - the
Federal Union Lords and Masters got it all instead.

Another left over Bush mess:

Key reasons for the boom in six-figure salaries:

•Pay hikes. Then-president Bush recommended � and Congress approved �
across-the-board raises of 3% in January 2008 and 3.9% in January 2009.
President Obama has recommended 2% pay raises in January 2010, the
smallest since 1975. Most federal workers also get longevity pay hikes �
called steps � that average 1.5% per year.