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WASHINGTON President Donald Trump informed Congress on Thursday that he is canceling pay raises due in January for most civilian federal employees, citing budget constraints
"We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases," said Trump. The president last year signed a package of tax cuts that is forecast to expand the deficit by about $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
The Democratic Party immediately criticized the announcement, citing the tax cuts Trump signed into law last December. The law provided steep tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans, and more modest reductions for middle- and low-income individuals and families.
"Trump has delivered yet another slap in the face to American workers," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez.
[SUB][/SUB]The Democratic Party immediately criticized the announcement, citing the tax cuts Trump signed into law last December. The law provided steep tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans, and more modest reductions for middle- and low-income individuals and families.
"Trump has delivered yet another slap in the face to American workers," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez.
"President Trump's plan to freeze wages for these patriotic workers next year ignores the fact that they are worse off today financially than they were at the start of the decade," said J. David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents some 700,000 federal workers.
For 2019, the administration is projecting the deficit will once again top $1 trillion and stay at that level for the next three years. Trump's tax breaks for the richest Americans will not be affected and the same with tax breaks for big business also will not be touched.
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who represents many federal workers, blamed what he said was Trump's mismanagement of federal government.
[SUB][/SUB]For 2019, the administration is projecting the deficit will once again top $1 trillion and stay at that level for the next three years. Trump's tax breaks for the richest Americans will not be affected and the same with tax breaks for big business also will not be touched.
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who represents many federal workers, blamed what he said was Trump's mismanagement of federal government.
"Trump's tax bill exploded the deficit, and now he is trying to balance the budget on the backs of federal workers," Connolly said.

