By Sean Reilly

Federal Times

Oct. 24, 2011

Regardless of whether the bipartisan supercommittee succeeds in creating a long-term deficit reduction package, experts say feds should not expect the pressure on their pay and benefits to let up.

"It's easier to beat up on government employees than fundamentally restructure Medicare," said Steve Bell, a former top Senate Budget Committee staffer now at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a think tank.

Federal compensation is "going to remain a pretty attractive target," said Diane Lim Rogers, chief economist for the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group dedicated to fiscal responsibility.

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