President Obama has signed off on a pay freeze for all Federal civilian employees. This includes everyone from the non-military employee’s that work at the Department of Defense, Border Con;trol, and the Veteran Affairrs Personnel. If your not exactly sure what a pay freeze is, President Obama has froze all incentives, bonuses, and raises for the next two years. This freeze is estimated at saving 2 billion dollars in 2011-2012, 28 billion the next 5 years after that, and 60 billion over 10 years. I did not know this but Obama has already frozen the pay of all of his senior officials and has done many more things to try and level out the burden between the government and its citizens. Most of us know now that our nation has a huge deficit topping out just over 1 trillion dollars. The deficit is huge and I’m glad to know that our president is trying to do something to help that affects our government too not just leaving people like me to fit the bill by tax increases. I am aware that something has to be done or we will go into an economic crisis. Do you think Obama is doing the right thing? I do! I support our president in trying to find creative ways to help with the debt crisis. I do hate the fact that these employees may not make much as it is and this pay freeze definitely does not help them out. The debt our nation has effects all of our lives in the ways it has not yet affected Federal civilian employees such as thousands of jobs being cut, and our pay being cut. I like the idea of government also participating instead of turning a cold shoulder. It helps people believe in their government again and makes officials seem more accessible, almost like a humbling quality. We must do more or our wallets and lives will suffer!
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