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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:09 AM Original message |
More civil servants are now subject to two-year pay freeze |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. WAH |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Why would you say something like that? |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Um, both. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Why is it especially government workers? |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Because govt workers whine too much |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Sounds like a whole bunch of sour grapes... |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. bennies |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Benefits? Never heard of it before... |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. benefits = health, dental, life insurance, paid time off, sick pay |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. so the workers affected by the pay freeze have better health benefits than any others? |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. No, I don't have dental insurance |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. but you said those workers benefits were better than anyone else's |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Sorry, but I cannot, as I no longer am a state/fed employee. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. dental isn't part of basic federal health plans |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I Doubt You Were Ever A Government Employee..... |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. I'm A Govt Worker |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Uh, do you actually KNOW any government workers personally? |
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salib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Amazing what the Prez can do by fiat, huh? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Some things are important to do by an act of Congress so that they cannot be easily reversed by |
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salib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Desegregation of theilotary was by fiat |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. There was no law requiring the military to be segregated which needed to be repealed |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. doctors and nurses? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Too bad they can't freeze CEO pay and bankster's pay bonuses. n/t |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. But they can extend the tax cuts the CEOs and banksters got |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. I feel badly for them, I do, but |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, considering there hasn't been any inflation in the past 2+ years... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Bwahahahah. a ha ha ha ha. |
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