Did you hear the caller to Rush’s show today? The “wages” are not actually being frozen. In a nutshell, if an employee gets moved up a step within his GS range, he gets his increase as long as it is accompanied by an increase in “step.” (At least, I believe this is what the caller was saying...)
Rush is an idiot and so is his caller. Millions of Fed employees ARE NOT “GS” employees. There are NO steps in the majority of Fed jobs. Only a GS position has steps. Obama’s freeze will freeze merit pay for all non-GS employees most who make less than an assembly line worker at FORD.