Government employees

Trump's new budget recommends a 1.9% increase in pay for federal workers and a 3% increase for military people. Congress is suggesting 3 to 5% for federal employees. Salaries for federal workers are lower than those in the private sector but benefits for government employees are better. Trump's plan calls for the contribution to retirement for federal employees to be raised to equal those in the private sector. This continues the past trend of democrats offering more to federal employees than republicans. Data shows that 70% of political contributions by federal employees go to democrats.