Trump Administration Proposes Eliminating Pensions for Some New Feds

"...may not like it"? You can bet your sweet bippy they won't like it and will howl at the suggestion. The simple fact is that civil service was never meant to be a path to riches. The job security, health benefits, and pension were offered as compensation for the niggardly wages being paid. However, with the advent of public service sector unions that used member dues to grease the skids with politicians, their wages have risen exorbitantly. For example, before President Obama's election, only one person in the US Dept of Transportation earned in excess of $100,000/year. After his election, there were more than a hundred. When I worked at Social Security as a Claims Examiner (a somewhat responsible position), I earned about $4,500/year at a time (early 1960s) when the gateway to success was pegged at $10,000/year. But I had great job security, health benefits, and pension. (I left that illustrious wage behind to earn $89/month as an E-1 in the Army and felt better for the bargain) The simple fact is that civil service employees today are grossly overpaid. Now, I expect they will come screaming in response that they only want wages commensurate with private sector wage earners. What they fail to realize is that their lofty positions with the government barely rise to the level commensurate with janitors. Every one working in the private sector has makes a contribution to the profitable growth or the organization that employs them. That is a great responsibility to bear. No one in civil service provides any contribution to any profitable venture. They are, each and every one of them, a cost borne on the backs of taxpayers. And no one working in the private sector has job security, or pensions and benefits like civil servants.

Capt Dwayne Conyers Sad but Not Surprised in the Least.

That should go over real well.