Top Trump officials may receive pay raises while government workers remain unpaid

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@werdnagreb

The optics are bad here, but really, it’s not so unreasonable. There hasn’t been a raise since 2013 and now there’s about a 5%. That’s less than inflation.

I know I’m going to get angry responses comparing the lack of raises for the bottom 50% of the country, but yeah, they should be getting (at a minimum) cost of living raises as well.

Not so much angry, as pointing out the context that, for senior staff and cabinet members, their salary is a small amount compared to their personal wealth. The CoLI is only relevant if they have to drop all outside and investment income when they take the job.