Salaries are a tough thing to bicker about when the average taxpayer who gets robbed to pay for us is pulling roughly 50k with more expensive health insurance and less pension. Many would gladly take what some of us claim is insufficient. Given that several years ago the average ATF employee was drawing 91k from the public, with grade creep and raises since then, most of our financial supporters (who are routinely labeled "greedy" by numerous politicians) might think we could all afford a bit of a haircut despite our high opinions of self-worth.
Why won't Democrats request swift action toward ATF & DOJ managers harassing employees who file complaints?
Why won't Democrats request swift action toward ATF & DOJ Attorneys commiting fraud in a court of law?
I will ask the same of the republicans who control both legislative chambers and 100% of the spending bills; who continue debt spending to overfund scandalized agencies. If the republicans wanted to reign in the out of control bureaucracy, they could do so. They choose not to.