http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/07/15/boring-but-important-senate-passes-3-9-percent-civilian-pay-raise.aspxIn defiance to the administration&#39;s support of the federal workforce to provide a meager 2.9 percent raise for civilian employees next year, and a 3.4 percent raise for those in the military, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a spendingenCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/07/15/boring-but-important-senate-passes-3-9-percent-civilian-pay-raise.aspx#2291Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:14:43 GMT0818fdd8-5679-476d-9536-9a7a82355f32:2291BlakeA 3.9% pay raise, if all civilian government employees worked 40 weeks for eight dollars an hour and took two weeks off a year (I fear that this is a rather conservative estimate since most probably earn far more than $8/hour), would mean that taaxpayers need to shell out $1,560,000,000 more per year. That is one billion, five hundred sixty million dollars. Do federal employees really need this or is this another example of the government&#39;s inablity to do with less.<img src="http://ohmygov.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2291" width="1" height="1">