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Romney-Ryan would target federal workers
CNN Money ^ | August 13, 2012 | By Jennifer Liberto (Obama MediaPAC)

Posted on 08/13/2012 12:44:08 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

(CNNMoney) -- Federal workers' jobs will be under fire if Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan win November's election.

Both Romney and Ryan have made it clear that they think federal workers are one reason the nation's deficit is too high, and have talked about shrinking payrolls and cutting benefits.

Unions, in particular, say they're concerned about Ryan, saying he has a record of "undermining" federal workers.

Federal workers' pay has been frozen at 2010 levels, a move President Obama supported to save $60 billion from deficits over ten years. If Obama wins in November, the pay freeze is expected to ease.

In a Romney administration, three different cuts could be pushed targeting federal workers or their benefits, as suggested by the Ryan budget plan.

-- Federal pay freeze extended five years.

-- Cuts to 10% of the federal work force through attrition and a hiring freeze enacted, limiting agencies to hiring only one new employee for every three federal workers who retire.

-- Requiring federal workers to pay for as much as half of their defined retirement benefit they receive at retirement.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: governmentworkers; pensions; publicunions; unions
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1 posted on 08/13/2012 12:44:18 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Federal workers is an oxymoron.
2 posted on 08/13/2012 12:48:56 PM PDT by mountainlion (I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

CNN got these talking points directly from whom, probably axelrod. The idea is to try to ensure that Virginia goes dem.


3 posted on 08/13/2012 12:50:14 PM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Where is the down side? (Other than after it is filtered through Romney, these cuts will never see the light of day.)


4 posted on 08/13/2012 12:52:07 PM PDT by Ingtar ("As the light begins to fade in the city on the hill")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow, CNN helping Ryan/Romney with this article- who would have thought????


5 posted on 08/13/2012 12:52:29 PM PDT by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Federal workers' jobs will be under fire if Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan win November's election.

They make that sound like it's bad thang...........

6 posted on 08/13/2012 12:55:32 PM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These are the opening salvos in what will be a steady barrage until election day.


7 posted on 08/13/2012 12:56:10 PM PDT by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

GOOD!
Reduce the size of govt...start with GSA and keep going....


8 posted on 08/13/2012 12:56:49 PM PDT by matginzac
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And someone with matter between their ears has a problem with this? Try this with a poll that identifies the average salary of Federal “workers” with that of the average American salary.


9 posted on 08/13/2012 12:57:00 PM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wonderful!
Now if Romney/Ryan can just target lawyers, we can call it a wrap.


10 posted on 08/13/2012 12:57:40 PM PDT by bossmechanic (If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Uh, oh there goes the feeder cattle vote in Northern Virginia.


11 posted on 08/13/2012 12:57:40 PM PDT by chuckee
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Romney-Ryan would target federal workers

Funny, I'm sure CNN means this as a hit piece (which shows just how out of touch they are) but I'm betting this would actually win Romney-Ryan many votes if it became common knowledge.

12 posted on 08/13/2012 12:58:08 PM PDT by apillar
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They make that sound like it's bad thang...........

Beat me to it.

13 posted on 08/13/2012 12:58:08 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

waaaaaaah.....call me a wambulance.....


14 posted on 08/13/2012 12:59:37 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
All those $200,000 a year jobs tham Obamster handed out?
15 posted on 08/13/2012 1:02:43 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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I used to work for a private printing company where we printed gov’t jobs exclusively. Many times I would pick up from or deliver to the FAA. I noticed each time that there were at least 6 employees sitting on their butts doing nothing. The presses (much better and bigger than what we had) were always quiet and clean. Nobody had ink-stained aprons on and the floors were shiny.

I always wondered why the gov’t paid my company a huge amount to print from nearly unreadable originals and left their own employees with nothing to do while we tax-payers paid their salary.


16 posted on 08/13/2012 1:07:06 PM PDT by babyfreep
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That would be a good thing!!!


17 posted on 08/13/2012 1:09:54 PM PDT by ontap
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

. . . and the objectionable point of this article is: . . . . ????


18 posted on 08/13/2012 1:11:00 PM PDT by RatRipper (Obama, YOU LIE!!! . . .again and again and again and again, ad infinitum. . . .)
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To: Mouton

You have that exactly right. This article is targeted for NOVA.


19 posted on 08/13/2012 1:34:26 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

OBAMA/BIDEN target taxpayers!


20 posted on 08/13/2012 1:40:21 PM PDT by Lockbox
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