PHILADELPHIA INQUIER: President Obama’s proposed pay freeze for federal workers makes sense for reining in government salaries, for trimming deficits, and for reaching out to the GOP.
Senate Republicans called for a freeze in federal pay last summer, but lost the argument. At the time, the president was proposing a 1.4 percent pay raise for federal employees in 2011…
To his credit, Obama’s proposed two-year freeze on nonmilitary salaries shows a willingness to work with the incoming Republican majority in the House. In doing so, however, the president has angered public-employee unions, which make up a key part of his political base… (more)
