Love Coffee? What Will You Do When You Retire?
The author, who is a retired federal employee, recounts how he left his government career to start a coffee farm in Colombia, South America.
Month: March 2013
Write More Clearly By Using Examples
A common failure in our writing is that what we write is too abstract.
No Budget, No Pay Legislation Proposed for President
Republicans in the House have introduced legislation that would hold the president’s pay in escrow in the event that he fails to submit a budget in a timely manner.
The Social Security Tax Cap
Should the earnings cap for paying Social Security taxes be raised? The author says it has a downside and offers an analysis with examples.
House Budget Blueprint Proposes Attrition Cuts for Federal Workforce
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has released the Committee’s 2014 budget blueprint for the federal government. As in past House budget proposals, there are some proposed measures that would affect the federal workforce.
TSP Investment Considerations
Your TSP can be affected by the investment allocation decisions you make. Here are several things to consider before setting an allocation strategy.
Legislation Introduced to Raise Social Security Contributions on Top Earners
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has introduced legislation that would require Americans making $250,000 per year or more to contribute the 6.2% payroll tax to Social Security.
A Bullish Stock Market: Number of TSP Millionaires Up Significantly
Can a federal employee accumulate more than a million dollars in a TSP account? 562 have done so, more than double the number that existed in early 2012. Their average tenure as a federal employee: 24.8 years.
Government Pay System for the 21st Century, Part II
The first article on this subject introduced the concept of a new pay system in government. In the second article, the author goes into further detail on what this system might look like.
NAGE Asks Congress to Take 20 Percent Pay Cut
The National Association of Government Employees (NAGE/SEIU) has called upon Congress to donate 20 percent of their net pay for the next 22 weeks to the federal government to help reduce the national deficit.
