There are several things at work here:
1. Your raging case of TDS/hatred.
2. Your historical ignorance
3. Your childish view of ‘entitlement’ and the federal budgetary process.
10 year History - Federal General Schedule Base Pay Raise (remember kiddo, fiscal year is different than calendar year)
2010 – Obama – 1.5%
2011 – Obama – 0.0%
2012 – Obama – 0.0%
2013 – Obama – 0.0%
2014 – Obama – 1.0%
2015 – Obama – 1.0%
2016 – Obama – 1.0%
2017 – Obama – 1.0%
2018 – Trump – 1.4%
2019 – Trump – 1.4%
2020 – Trump – 2.6%
If you want to know the truth about these things, avoid Slate, VOX, MSN, CNN and the other propaganda outlets that Google pushes.