Already over paid for what they do..........
..because of “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare,” I view the [wage] increases that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-30/trump-orders-pay-freeze-all-non-military-federal-employees-2019
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.