The Hill News

Among the federal employees closely watching the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the "Super-Committee") negotiations are FBI Agents and other federal law enforcement officers. They are becoming increasingly alarmed by calls from some of our political leaders for drastic changes to the formula by which they contribute to their defined pension plans.
 
For some, attacking federal employees â€" “faceless bureaucrats” â€" in the debate over spending cuts offers an easy sound-bite and generates little opposition.  However, when they do so, they are also attacking FBI Agents and other law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day.
 

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