The new party of no?

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Originally Posted by Antitrust32

the sad thing is 1.3 billion to them is like me having three pennies in my pocket that I just saved.

This is true. And that is what infuriated Obama's base, too - he puts out a pay freeze for those least able to afford it (the "average worker"), that won't save all that much, and does it without using it as a negotiating point with the GOP on the whole tax package thing. It was simply bizarre, that he came up with it out of nowhere and announces it. This pay freeze was 100% a GOP suggestion, too, not a Dem one. The GOP got mad he co-opted it when he announced it last week!