About time. He should freeze federal employee pay and all federal budgets until the federal budget is balanced.
President Trump issued an executive order late Friday freezing the pay of about 1.5 million federal employees next year.
The order follows Trump indicating in August that he would block an automatic 2.1 percent raise for civilian workers who fall under the General Schedule remuneration system from taking effect in January pursuant to the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act if Congress failed to agree on a measure by the end of the year.
Military personnel, however, will earn a 2.6 percent boost in compensation in 2019 provided by the defense spending bill signed in August.
Trump’s move comes amid a partial government shutdown during which 800,000 of approximately 2.1 million federal workers have been furloughed or are being required to work without pay.
Trump freezes federal employee pay
President Trump issued an executive order late Friday freezing the pay of about 1.5 million federal employees next year. The order follows Trump indicating in August that he would block an automatic 2.1 percent raise for civilian workers who fall under the General Schedule remuneration system from taking effect in January pursuant to the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act if Congress failed to agree on a measure by the end of the year.