https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-house-has-voted-to-freeze-all-congressional-and-federal-pay-for-another-year-through-2013/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:23:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-house-has-voted-to-freeze-all-congressional-and-federal-pay-for-another-year-through-2013/#comment-40307 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:23:11 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=15133#comment-40307 Although it might help to freeze the pay another year, I doubt they are “freezing” the rate of growth of the contracts that get awarded to contractors (who also happen to lobby their congress members). I would estimate that probably 80% of the budget has nothing to do with the feds salaries. Most goes out as transfer payments or as contracts. So, basically they get to score points by “tightening the belt” but in fact, the truth is the exact opposite.

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