Federal pay hike? Let's start with a freeze, then cut 10 percent

Let's start with a freeze, then cut 10 percent...

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, calls a federal pay freeze a minimum first step toward what eventually should be a 10 percent cut across the board. If the GOP's historic landslide victory in the 2010 election was about letting Washington know it's time to rein in runaway government growth and put Main Street's needs before those at either end of Pennsylvania Avenue, Chaffetz's proposal is the least that can be done. It is also the right time to do it, when the public is genuinely fed up with the status quo.

I'd rather cut 10 percent, then freeze...