House Republicans are now targeting federal workers’ retirement benefits to help fund their massive tax cuts. Last week, the House Oversight Committee approved a plan to slash $50 billion from the retirement system over the next decade by changing
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Right from hedge fund/private equity/corp raider playbook. Strip the company of assets, fire people, raid the pension fund for personal profit (in this case to benefit top donor/income folks like themselves).
I recently learned that congress decided they deserve the same retirement pensions as FF, Police, Air Traffic Control etc. one side puts their lives at risk, which do you think deserves the richer pensions
It’d be funny if some Republican did that the same way they tried to poison the ACA and the Democrats, and ended up shooting themselves in the foot instead.
At this point, it seems like wtf is the point of continuing down this shit road except for the mere fact that u dont want to let them dictate when u leave. Such evil fuckers! Its not like fed employees are paid anything near their value. This feeling of inability to stop this BS, really fukin sucks!
You want to know what I hate? When they say, “Right now, federal employees get EXTREMELY generous compensation & that must change. This will not only save taxpayers money, but will also bring federal compensation into line w/ the private sector.”
The problem is in the private sector on that front.
Extremely generous, my ass!🤦♂️ I dont thk thy hv ever spent a day as a fed civil servant. They hv no clue what it involves & certainly hv no idea what the pay/compensation is! The pay is far from competitive & not inline with private. Thy killed a real retirement whn switched to FERS. GTFOH w/ tht BS!
When will the American people take to the streets en masse to force Trump to resign? This calls for a popular uprising, doesn't it? The US will soon be an autocracy and then it will be too late!
Not enough people effected yet. Our ports are empty, shelves will be too in 4 weeks. Birth control/abortion are next on the chopping block, when is enough??#houradayactivist
I have only been in the private sector. I don’t expect a pension. But govt workers-the pay is lower than private-BUT they were always able to rely on a pension. You take that away, no incentive. And I think that’s their point here. Which is so wrong, so I’m clear. Shortsighted.
You may or may not remember, but there was a significant push in the 80s to move away from pensions. I was working for American Express at the time and they gave us a cash payout depending on longevity and we now get a very small pension. It's easier to grab your money via the stock market.
Oh, I remember all right. My mother, a nurse for 35 years, had her pension swapped for a 401k after 29 years of service. Private sector adopted all that in the 80s-90s. But govt. jobs and teachers (govt) still had/have it. Not in all cases, but most public schools. 1/2
Oddly the “switch” came about exactly the same time as the creation of the “Human Resources Department” for businesses which was created for this change as well as going from “taking care of your employees” vs covering the company’s ass legally.
Remember it all very well. My husband is a teacher and has a good pension. He's retired, but because he's a special ed teacher, and is considered critical needs, he still works and can double dip.
Pension is by far the smallest part of the individual's federal retirement. FERS annuity is 1 percent of base pay up to 30 years. If over 30, then 1.1. percent. TSP (401K) and SS make up the larger part of retirees income. And surprise! They're coming after SS while wrecking your 401K!
I damn well know my husband certainly hasn’t. I’ve always made more $. He worked for the fed because he loves (loved?) his job. And now it’s likely all for naught. I am sick!
They need to understand this isn’t just a numbers game to balance a budget. These cuts aren’t abstract policy shifts. They are broken promises made to people who kept the government running when the country needed them most. If this passes, we will remember who stood up and who turned their backs.
And a pension is one of the benefits of working for the government and balances out the lower pay. Between that and gutting social security and medicaid/ Medicare there are going to be a lot of homeless seniors!
So remind me why we don't all just get some big hammers and start breaking down the doors of these government lackeys? Jefferson put it well with regards to the tree of liberty.
The same cuts proposed by Comer will apply to Congressmembers, right? And what about Congressional slush funds, per diems, and expense allowances? There's a lot of fat that could be cut from their benefits package. And let's not forget insider trading! Or is it perks for me but not for thee?
Sorry, yes, my point is that the SSA is being destroyed, and the 70 million or so USAians who depend on it are about to get screwed (also everyone paying into it)
My dad had a fed pension, but times have changed. As a worker, I always want 401K. I want ownership & possession of my money. Safe & sound.
Not practical for many people, but look at downside risks when Elon or Leonard Leo butt in.
I have SS now & they’re lusting after money I paid in.
What we eventually are going to find is the largest theft of taxpayer funds ever perpetrated on the American public while Musk, F47 and the Doggies all mysteriously get rich(er).
I agree. What is actually going on is theft. They're stealing your country blind. Robbing from citizens to enrich themselves. It's gonna get a whole lot worse. I'm watching from Canada with utter horror.
They all freaked out when a few rioting protesters looted a couple stores, Yet here they come, marching right in, and looting the entire nation and everyone in it.😒
I'm beyond ready for those MF's to go down! Judgment day will come and then they will get hit right where it hurts the most. Thank you for standing up and you are what keeps me going!
Geez! People have worked their entire lives to get these benefits and Trump is killing everything (pensions, social security, and their jobs)….. wtf? 🤬 Not to mention, our 403b’s are going down the drain
Yes, and everyone needs to call their Senator and Rep and remind them these are THEIR benefits also. Are they really going to destroy their own benefits?
As a federal retiree, I have less to lose but I earned it all. They don't have the right to take it away.
Because Trumpie is god and must have his tax cuts obeyed. No matter how many millions of people it hurts as those people are of zero importance. How about we just cut Congress' benefits and the like? Solve the budget problems right there.
I know the teams who implement the csrs/fers handbook for the retirement team. It's bad enough that fed retirement is ~3500 pages of translated legislation... Congress dicking in calculation changes now would destroy retirement processing, which is already overloaded with brain drain & force outs.
The extant primary calculation tool 'FACES' is 25 years old, and runs a vb6 front end. There's also direct MF tools. The new one, called 'Janus' by someone at retirement who knows how to make a good joke, was nearly cut and destroyed weeks from release. The muskrats are killing OPM.
Exactly!! We can’t wait that long. Change has to be NOW! They’ve already broken multiple laws and ignored the constitution they swore to protect. It should be more alarming to everyone that there are no consequences for refusing to uphold the oaths of office to our constitution!
Process has begun. We need a tipping point of people involved to get the results we want.
This was the whole purpose of his "loyalty' pledges. He cared less about their abilities than their loyalty. We have the numbers to peacefully do it if EVERYONE gets involved.
Please call your congress people and tell them to vote "no" on these changes. Use the @5calls.org app/site if you need help finding the telephone numbers
I’m absolutely sure that there are federal workers that vote for this criminal. It’s not they’re stupid but just evil racists people. Now , you see the results of your stupidity. I got coworkers too that voted for that criminal. They were Christians . The irony indeed.
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Take all the Nazi's portfolio. Fuck it we paid him that money and we want it back! A illegal immigrant and a draft dodging coward can dictate what to do with federal employees benefits??? I think the fuck not
He talks out one side of his mouth about raising taxes on the very rich, maybe after he stops them from paying any taxes at all he'll ask them to pay 1% maybe? I don't get it, but he would be a lot better off if he raises taxes on the very rich and drops them for everybody else, but he won't.
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You can only fuck over so many people for so long before they turn on you, and once they turn, it’s all over. Republicans are quickly running out of people to fuck over. Once the mob turns on them, the billionaires they’ve been helping aren’t going to be there to defend them.
This pisses me off!!! I called Johnson and left a vm saying he better not touch MY FUCKING RETIREMENT!!!! The USPS shouldn’t get touched because you know “going postal happens”!!!!
Idk if their pension plan is similar to others but in most pension plans the company and employee contribute the money. It’s not some gift to the employee. The employee and employer contribute. It’s earned by the employee.
My partner works for the city and that is how it works. He contributes to a pension fund which is administrated by the city. When he retires, they're supposed to pay him a set amount based on how much he put in, until he dies. My mom is a teacher and hers works the same. That's what a pension is.
Ergo the reason they need to cut all the programs to support "little people" because there's not enough money to support these insane tax cuts otherwise.
Protect your wallet, protect your Purse, su bolsa mamas, note for Mothers Day. Speak up-- Hands Off Federal workers retirement!! #HandsOffTheirMoney Their money, their choice! And their choice is: DC Congress Republicans keep your paws off their money!! #HandsOff #FederalWorkers
The congress should get only the same as the people they serve. Their medical should be the ACA...their retirement should be cut when they cut the retirement of others. Their vacation days and time off should be without pay. They should get no more than they give us.
Yup, already called and wrote my rep. I got a rapid response from them on their plan (to oppose) and I suggest other Feds do the same. #solidarity #NoKings
No I didn’t. You are saying it’s okay to go after my social security which has been paid into since I was 16, but you should be shielded because you are worked for the government. We the people pay your retirement through our taxes. We also paid for your health care through our taxes.
Pensions are separate from Social Security. In this case though they are attacking both. Every day is a traumatic experience for Federal employees working under this regime who swore an oath to protect and serve so this is just another slap in the face.
I don't practice anymore since becoming disabled, but I'm a lawyer. My frustration is endless. I'm watching while they try to dismantle the legal system that I learned so much about and learned to really love. It's incredibly discouraging. Especially to see them arrest judges. That's anathema.
As a "newer" hire, I'm already under the plan they want all federal employees under, so this won't change a thing for anyone hired since like... 2014, or something like that. So it does suck, but it's aimed at impacting longer term employees, not everyone.
I'm sure they're going to figure out other new ways to fuck us over, I'm just saying THIS specific change isn't going to affect all of us as a lot of us are already under this plan.
Since Levitt keeps lying, her family has a business in NH.
Levitt’s Ice Cream
Propagandist.
We need to destroy her propaganda machine. One of ways. Boycott her family’s local Ice Cream. Sorry we must because what’s going on in our government - federal job losses.
Can you be more specific? The TSP? The pension? What part of it and how will it be affected? Source? Hubs just had a retirement training like last week.
If anyone thinks this won't happen I'd point out the changes to military retirements that occurred during OIF/OEF led by Paul Ryan. The GOP will absolutely enshitify things if they think they can save a few bucks.
Paul Ryan was one of those Republicans who wanted to gut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. And that was a decade or more ago. That party has always wanted to dismantle our benefits.
Agreed. It's just a terrible irony that the "glory days" of the 1950s were established with FDR's socialist policies and those same policies are the antithesis of the GOP.
Instead of doing the simple fix, like raising taxes on the wealthy. A 2% wealthy tax on those making over 1 million a year. Removing the cap to contributions to social security and medicare will fix the issue. See all fixed.
I think they are raising health insurance for feds too-the amount we have to contribute. Break me. Then break me some more. Tomorrow marks my 16th year with federal service. However Wednesday is my last day. I interviewed and landed a state job before all the RIFs hit my agency
They raise the premiums every year. And the copays (which were the same for at least 10 years) are suddenly increasing yearly (depends on your carrier/plan). But the increase in premiums is standard.
Hopefully they’re just adjusting the input to FERS to the current value. If that’s the worst they do, I won’t be too pissed, despite being on the 0.8% contribution rate. If they do much more, there will be a mutiny
Here take early retirement doge says, now we will take that away too. And dogemaga just gonna give everyone who gave there lives to serving the public a middle ginger to take the $$ and give it to ice. Wtaf, this is more than wrong, this is real, people who have given so much. Where is the outrage??
This is horrifying. This administration has done everything to damage and destroy the good will of its federal workforce. And now this, on top of the insulting emails, threats, firings, etc?
So Felon Trump gets to break the law and defy the Constitution he swore to up hold while stealing money from the American taxpayers and all we get is to work for peanuts until we’re dead.
Is that right? Fuck this shit.
Congress needs to stand up and deal with this like they were elected to do.
They are stealing your money. They are stealing your country’s money.
They are trying to steal other sovereign nations wealth.
They should all be in jail.
Do these idiots understand that once they are finished doing his dirty work, that they are next? They will no longer be useful to this administration. Then, their benefits and salaries will be cut. And they they will be "fired." Morons.
At what point is Congress fired? We definitely don't need two senators for state, let alone all these stooges running the house. They are some of the highest paid individuals in the federal government and I think it's time we had fewer of them.
...that's called stealing..federal employees paid into this retirement fund instead of social security & if they had other jobs that paid into social security they had to take a discounted amount of social security...
27th Amendment “No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.” They can’t make it effective immediately, but I’d like to see them make it effective Jan 3, 2027
Yes. That's my hope too but it's not going to be easy to 'de-fuckify' institutions like the Supreme Court and Congress.
The damage is extensive, systemic, and beyond simple reforms.
imo...we might have a mid-term election but there won't be another Presidential election for a long time.
A lot of us are working on it. I'm sorry our methods aren't flashy enough to satisfy your bloodlust. Destruction is easy. It's easy to say civil war is the answer. But killing each other and blowing everything up doesn't solve the problems unless there's a plan to rebuild that follows it.
And I suspect that destruction and violence is exactly what the regime is hoping for. Donald fucking salivates over physical violence as long as he's not the target, and you damn well better believe he'll spend the whole time holed up in some gaudy palace hiding behind his weekend warrior militia
Your country was borne out of violence. It knows nothing but. See: inaction on school shoutings.
I don’t have a bloodlust. I just know that war is the way Trump will end.
It frightens the shit out of me as I’m in his annexation goals & I live a 45 minute drive from the border.
Good thing I changed my withholdings to pay less federal tax since he’s gutting everything fuck it I’ll keep more in my pocket instead of giving to the corrupt regime to enrich themselves
If anyone has 401K money left at the Federal Government, please, remove it to an outside investment. Your money will turn out to be fair game for the taking by this corrupt government and their unethical officials.
They don’t care about the people who aren’t them. No matter the party, they don’t care! You voted for lower prices? Yeah, okay. Whatever! Most people voted for trump to screw the libs! Deny all you want now that it’s screwing you too. I’m not buying it, and I’m tired of people saying he was the one
who was best for our country, and that’s why they voted for him. That’s a lie as much as everything that comes out of his mouth! I’m tired! I’m worried! I’m over it! I feel so sorry for those who have been hurt by this bullshit, but I feel NO empathy for those that voted for him!
I just don’t anymore, and I’m so tired of trying to understand. The truth is this asshole said he was going to screw our country, and the fact that these people chose not to believe him has become everybody’s downfall!
I’m done ranting now. There may be a shit ton of errors in this. Sorry.
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Isn't this exacyly what these hyper capitalists run businesses? The government is to provide services for its citizenz, not turn a profit for its oligarchs.
Wow they are really trying to lose the federal work force in the quickest way possible. If you cut people’s retirement benefits they’re going to jump ship so fucking fast
All that dipping in this to pay that and dipping in that to pay this reminds me of the old adage:
"Robbing Peter to pay Paul"
Eventually you have a chain constantly robbing the last guy to pay the next guy and you just go around the circle. It's actually an old scam that he's capitalizing on...
Saw that.
The federal workers are compensated a bit better percentage-wise in retirement because they get paid less for their entire careers.
Public service.
Don't abandon these people - again.
Not true. After 30 years my retirement was less than $1000 a month, my supplement was just over $1000 at 62 the supplement dropped and I started SS which gave me almost a $800 raise. I'm under $35000 a yr.
He is comparing “on average” retirement benefits of private sector vs those who worked in the public sector. Your retirement might not be great - but most of your private sector peers make more during their careers and less in retirement compared tor public sector peers. That is a known fact.
How about instead of comparing ONE salary schedule (the GS scale) - you compare salary and benefits and retirement benefits of public vs private sector. Across the board - public sector generally sacrifices some salary now for deferred pay in the form of a retirement pension late.
They should be forced to replicate the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 for all Federal retirement funds... The shrink/destroy the government crowd thought they could use that to kill the USPS as far back as '06.
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They don't give a fuck about retirement benefits or salaries.
The problem is in the private sector on that front.
So, it wasn’t actually about the work or who is doing it- it’s just about gutting the government.
Not practical for many people, but look at downside risks when Elon or Leonard Leo butt in.
I have SS now & they’re lusting after money I paid in.
As a federal retiree, I have less to lose but I earned it all. They don't have the right to take it away.
This was the whole purpose of his "loyalty' pledges. He cared less about their abilities than their loyalty. We have the numbers to peacefully do it if EVERYONE gets involved.
We need to take to the streets AGAIN!!
Now we resist—no work, no silence, no suspension of rights.
5 days. Strike. Solidarity. Tribunals.
We build the aftermath
Fair is fair, right?
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Time to take action will you show up and defend your freedom. We are stronger together. The rich wage war and it the poor who die.
Perhaps Darwin will flush Johnson on humanity's behalf.
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So I asked him to retire at 60 and I would keep working. I loved my job.
He died at age 65.
The logical conclusion?
Retirement is disguised like “ arbeit macht frei”
Their goal is to break the functioning of government.
The “if they hurt me, you should hurt too” is MAGA thinking.
“They go after mine, they can go after yours.”
You’re trolling.
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Propagandist.
We need to destroy her propaganda machine. One of ways. Boycott her family’s local Ice Cream. Sorry we must because what’s going on in our government - federal job losses.
#BoycottLevittsIceCream
Lots of clues here.
https://people.com/press-secretary-karoline-leavitt-addresses-32-year-age-gap-husband-nicholas-ricco-11698659
https://voxhour.com/karoline-leavitt/
I'm already retired, I don't make much, I don't want to be homeless!
It still really hurts & angers me however, seeing what will happen to the workers who are trying to take care of our veteran men & women.
Is that right? Fuck this shit.
Congress needs to stand up and deal with this like they were elected to do.
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They are trying to steal other sovereign nations wealth.
They should all be in jail.
See @prune602.bsky.social for how that endgame looks like.
Because if you're not worth at least a few billion dollars on paper they couldn't give two shits about you.
Maybe you’ve forgotten the January 6th insurrection.
Do you slowly tug at the edges or rip it off in one swift motion?
Either way there will be pain.
The damage is extensive, systemic, and beyond simple reforms.
imo...we might have a mid-term election but there won't be another Presidential election for a long time.
Stay safe, friend.
I don’t have a bloodlust. I just know that war is the way Trump will end.
It frightens the shit out of me as I’m in his annexation goals & I live a 45 minute drive from the border.
I’m done ranting now. There may be a shit ton of errors in this. Sorry.
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"Robbing Peter to pay Paul"
Eventually you have a chain constantly robbing the last guy to pay the next guy and you just go around the circle. It's actually an old scam that he's capitalizing on...
The same with disability & health benefits that are refused after several appeals
Benefits will be stripped bc they don’t need the votes anymore😕
I feel that you reached the point of no return, it’s sad 😔 🫂
The federal workers are compensated a bit better percentage-wise in retirement because they get paid less for their entire careers.
Public service.
Don't abandon these people - again.