Federal Pay Freeze: Obama Administration Announces Plan To Freeze Salaries Of Federal Employees

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Does Obama think that freezing wages for federal employees will improve the economy which is in a depression­? If anything it will prolong the pain and suffering for workers and small business. Why didn't Obama go after Wall Street, The Health Industry, and the Pharmaceut­ical Companies who are robbing us all. Because they paid him off.
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