re: Trump getting rid of automatic raises for federal workers

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Would it be presumptuous of me to assume you're against such raises? (What about for the military?)

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I'm not opposed to raises based on inflation, and most certainly not against them for the military. I think if any company comes on board with a salary offer, they should maintain what that salary level means at a minimum.

If you haven't earned the right to keep your salary where it is from a dollar-value standpoint, you should be fired. Because if you didn't "earn" going from $100,000 per year to $101,563 (or whatever) per year because of 1.5% inflation, you should not have that job anyway.

The exception, of course, is when such increases are frozen due to constraints outside your control (like in your example).