Ryan's Selection as VP Candidate Has Federal Workers Running Scared

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Federal workers worry about pensions under Ryan

Rep. Paul Ryan's selection as Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate has federal worker groups braced for cuts in their retirement benefits.

Unions representing federal employees point to the Wisconsin Republican's authorship of a House-passed budget calling for saving $112 billion by increasing the amount of employee contributions to the federal retirement system to 6.2% from the current 0.8%.

The National Treasury Employees Union said in a statement Tuesday it is “a troubling indication that a Romney presidency would drastically cut federal jobs, benefits and the services federal employees provide to the American people.”

“That would be the equivalent of a 5.4% pay cut,” said a legislative official with the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 625,000 federal workers.

The Ryan budget “is an irresponsible and devastating plan … that would have cut spending dramatically from programs for modest income Americans while providing extremely large tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans,” the official said.

http://www.pionline.com/article/20120814/REG/120819950/federal-workers-worry-about-pensions-under-ryan

Good. Really make them squirm and just do matching contributions up to 6% of gross wages, like most private employers.

Edited August 17, 2012 by The Patriot

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Good. Really make them squirm and just do matching contributions up to 6% of gross wages, like most private employers.

Don't forget to leave the uber-rich alone! Everyone else can just eat cake. Harumph!

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Don't forget to leave the uber-rich alone! Everyone else can just eat cake. Harumph!

Pretty soon, some RWN will be along to whine about job creators.

A tax cuts for the rich tea party favorite has been governor of new jersey since 2010 and today this state has the highest unemployment since 1977.

All those tax cuts for the rich.... and they haven't created any jobs at all.

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Pretty soon, some RWN will be along to whine about job creators.

A tax cuts for the rich tea party favorite has been governor of new jersey since 2010 and today this state has the highest unemployment since 1977.

All those tax cuts for the rich.... and they haven't created any jobs at all.

Blame the commie New York Governor -- Don't most New Jerseyites look there for a job?

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Don't most New Jerseyites look there for a job?

No.

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No.

There can't be that many jobs working for Donald Trump.

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There can't be that many jobs working for Donald Trump.

/facepalm

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My local representative ran his whole campaign on how terrible Pelosi is and how many jobs he is going to create. The last two years I haven't heard anything from him at all, apart from when his staff got in trouble for having a frat party. We are at the bottom of the list with New Jersey. The Republicans are really creating jobs for us?

Unemployment Rates for States

Monthly Rankings

Seasonally Adjusted

July 2012p

Rank.....State..........Rate

1 NORTH DAKOTA 3.0

2 NEBRASKA 4.0

3 SOUTH DAKOTA 4.4

4 OKLAHOMA 4.9

5 VERMONT 5.0

6 IOWA 5.3

7 NEW HAMPSHIRE 5.4

8 WYOMING 5.6

9 MINNESOTA 5.8

10 VIRGINIA 5.9

11 UTAH 6.0

12 MASSACHUSETTS 6.1

13 KANSAS 6.3

14 HAWAII 6.4

14 MONTANA 6.4

16 NEW MEXICO 6.6

17 DELAWARE 6.8

18 MARYLAND 7.0

19 MISSOURI 7.2

19 OHIO 7.2

19 TEXAS 7.2

22 ARKANSAS 7.3

22 WISCONSIN 7.3

24 WEST VIRGINIA 7.4

25 IDAHO 7.5

26 LOUISIANA 7.6

26 MAINE 7.6

28 ALASKA 7.7

29 PENNSYLVANIA 7.9

30 INDIANA 8.2

31 ALABAMA 8.3

31 ARIZONA 8.3

31 COLORADO 8.3

31 KENTUCKY 8.3

35 TENNESSEE 8.4

36 CONNECTICUT 8.5

36 WASHINGTON 8.5

38 OREGON 8.7

39 FLORIDA 8.8

40 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 8.9

40 ILLINOIS 8.9

42 MICHIGAN 9.0

43 MISSISSIPPI 9.1

43 NEW YORK 9.1

45 GEORGIA 9.3

46 NORTH CAROLINA 9.6

46 SOUTH CAROLINA 9.6

48 NEW JERSEY 9.8

49 CALIFORNIA 10.7

50 RHODE ISLAND 10.8

51 NEVADA 12.0