[lbo-talk] that realist/mainstream O Admin II...

[Alan Rudy]

Obama to Freeze Pay for Most Federal WorkersPresident Obama plans to
announce a two-year pay freeze for civilian federal workers on Monday in his
latest move intended to demonstrate concern over sky-high deficit spending.

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The pay freeze will save $2 billion in the current fiscal year that ends in
September 2011, $28 billion over five years and more than $60 billion over
10 years, officials said. That represents just a tiny dent in a $1.3
trillion annual deficit, but it offers a symbolic gesture toward public
anger over unemployment, the anemic economic recovery and rising national
debt.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/us/politics/30freeze.html