Obama proposes to freeze two years the salaries of public employees

U.S. President Barack Obama, proposes to freeze the salaries of federal government workers for two years.
The measure would affect only the civilian and not military, even if the Defense Department would save U.S. $ 2,000 million in fiscal year 2011, 28,000 million over the next five years and more than 60,000 million in next decade, according to White House estimates.
The administration has reviewed the various levels of public salaries, and has concluded that the most skilled workers have a wage slightly less than they deserve, while employees with less preparation are "overpaid" compared to the private sector.


Obama freeze the public salaries

"This freeze is not a punishment for federal workers or a lack of respect for the work they do," White House apologized in a statement. "From doctors to nurses who care for our veterans, men and women who care for our national parks", calls the White House.

"Because of the irresponsibility of the past decade, the president has inherited a deficit of $ 1.3 billion (...) that threatens to drag the nation into a second Great Depression," says a government statement."This is the first of several actions to take in the next budget to put our nation in fiscal path, so we asked some sacrifice to us all," he adds and the U.S. public salaries.

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These measures include the freezing of salaries of politicians and the elimination of subsidies and save U.S. $ 8,000 million cut in excess of public buildings with government agencies."The president presented a reduction of more than a trillion dollars of deficit in the 2011 budget, including a three-year freeze on public spending unrelated to security, which will lower spending in this concept in 50 years" , says the White House U.S. public salaries.