Americans have no patience for whining from federal workers about President Obama’s pay freeze, with 63 percent in a new poll calling for federal salary cuts to help save the economy.
“Cut!” says pollster Scott Rasmussen in a new poll he’s posting later today. Some 63 percent of likely voters, he said, “believe cutting the federal payroll is better for the economy.” Just 18 percent think giving workers a modest raise is a better idea, but 19 percent say they aren’t sure.
In his new budget, Obama has proposed a tiny 0.5 percent pay increase which would come after a pay freeze that lasted two years.
The new poll also provides a warning to federal workers that they better pray Obama wins reelection: 80 percent of Republicans support federal pay cuts while just 43 percent of Democrats do.
The poll is the latest to detail the anger Americans have with the federal government. In a previous Rasmussen poll, 66 percent said private-sector employees work harder than federal workers, 54 percent believe the feds make more than they do and 66 percent believe federal workers have better job security.
In his new budget, Obama has proposed a tiny 0.5 percent pay increase which would come after a pay freeze that lasted two years.
The new poll also provides a warning to federal workers that they better pray Obama wins reelection: 80 percent of Republicans support federal pay cuts while just 43 percent of Democrats do.
The poll is the latest to detail the anger Americans have with the federal government. In a previous Rasmussen poll, 66 percent said private-sector employees work harder than federal workers, 54 percent believe the feds make more than they do and 66 percent believe federal workers have better job security.
