WORKERS OF AMERICA, UNITE!

I'm a bit slow in noting Trump's pre-Labor Day slap-in-the-face to American workers--in this case, those in the federal bureaucracy, but pretty much everywhere (except perhaps in the coal fields...) The nerve of this man who claims (falsely?) to be a billionaire and who awards vast tax benefits to the very richest Americans to underwrite his largesse--in small part only--by depriving federal workers of a measly 2% pay raise!

I'm pleased to note that Harley Rouda responded forcefully:

Our reckless president said he was canceling all pay raises for federal workers because they are "inappropriate" and we can't afford it. 

Are you kidding me? 

The GOP blew a hole in the budget by giving a $1.8 trillion tax break to corporations and the richest few. Now Trump has the nerve to withhold cost-of-living increases for the men and women who serve our nation? Paying for his escalating deficit on the backs of hardworking Americans is an outrage!

Yes! Certainly an outrage!