Last year Obama announced a freeze on federal workers' pay. Is it possible that this freeze had loopholes through which federal workers' pay could be increased? According to Politico, this is exactly the case.
Politico reports:
Issa, the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, made his case to the Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry at a hearing on Wednesday.
“The president has announced a pay freeze,” Issa said. “The truth is, there will be pay raises through this process.”
Last November, Obama announced a two-year freeze on on two million federal employees. The freeze, which took effect in January, will save $28 billion over five years. Berry told Republicans that the freeze doesn’t stop federal agencies from promoting workers for a job well done. He said agencies must be able to offer promotions to good employees or risk losing them to private companies. Berry said that federal workers are victims of a poor economy, just like private sector employees.
In the rile of devil's advocate, this is only addition to Obama's slights. This plan could quite possibly completely backfire, although it will most likely not cost him re-election. Republicans, specifically Tea Party members could use this to their advantage, but they will most likely be dealing with slip ups of their own. With Obamacare flaring up, this issue probably won't cause any major uproar.
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