Performance award, whatever you want to call that, do you is not sending veterans to the outside to private care, is that part of the metric . And no one has answered that question. Is it yes or no . Congressman, i dont know. And ill take that for the record. Okay. Thank you for that. You mention, at least its in the evaluations that you have, the elements outlined for as leading change, leading people, business acumen, building coalitions and results driven. Those are the metrics that you go by. What are the specifics in there . I mean, how they set up. Thats fine. I mean, all that sounds good. But what do you actually have to do to get a 10,000 or in some cases 60,000 bonus . Congressman, in each of the performance plans, there is a template that goes out that says the guidance for the strategy of v. A. And what the employees must do to tie their organization and individual performance to the strategies of v. A. That is how it is determined. And if they exceed, there are different cr
americans face soaring prices and empty shelves. inflation jumping 7% in december from a year ago. this is the fastest pace since 1982. consumers pay more for everything from gasoline, two groceries, you name it. those rising costs reduce real wages by 2.4% 2021. the average american worker took a pay cut. let s bring on our pen with wall street columnist dan henninger and kim straw soul. editorial board member kyle peterson. good to see you all. dan, first to you. even some democrats are now admitting inflation is getting worse and it s not going to get better this year. we have james fuhrman who in the in the obama administration saying expect the economy to experience elevated inflation this year. possibly even higher than in 2021. what does that tell you? the dems are saying it s going to be higher. it tells me a serious economists like chase and berman, realizes the