While the Rest of the Country Suffers… Obama Gives Joe Biden and Congress a Raise

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President Obama just issued an executive order to thaw out the rather over-hyped “pay freeze” on various federal employees, “in effect giving some federal workers a raise,” as the Weekly Standard reports. This probably wasn’t the best moment for the freeze to end, from an “optics” standpoint.  Then again, why not?  What are you going to do about it?

Under Obama the median US household income has dropped $4,520 a year but that didn’t stop him from giving Joe Biden and Congress a raise.

Barack Obama issued an executive order giving a pay raise to Joe Biden and members of Congress.
The Weekly Standard reported:

President Barack Obama issued an executive order to end the pay freeze on federal
employees, in effect giving some federal workers a raise. One federal worker now to receive a pay increase is Vice President Joe Biden.
According to disclosure forms, Biden made a cool $225,521 last year. After the pay increase, he’ll now make $231,900 per year.
Members of Congress, from the House and Senate, also will receive a little bump, as their annual salary will go from $174,000 to 174,900. Leadership in Congress, including the speaker of the House, will likewise get an increase.

Meanwhile… For the rest of America, median household income has dropped $4,520, or about one month’s average wages, since President Obama took office.