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Cool Beans · 12-28-2018, 08:49 AM

Ahhhh I thought someone said 10% raise.

The 10 years is wrong, unless you look at it like Social Security where you call it a "cut" when they reduce the requested or planned increases.

He may referring to the amount of "pay increases" over the past 10 years were below the rate of inflation. When cost of living goes up 4% and you get a 1.2% "raise" ... is it actually a raise?

If you look at it that way "pay increases" are not considered a "raise" as they did not raise the pay compared to inflation.

Or perhaps his brain slipped out of gear, and instead of saying the "largest raise" in the past 10 years.. he said first in 10 years... sort of like our past president claiming we had 57 states....

12-28-2018, 08:49 AM	#5
Cool Beans Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,044	Ahhhh I thought someone said 10% raise. The 10 years is wrong, unless you look at it like Social Security where you call it a "cut" when they reduce the requested or planned increases. He may referring to the amount of "pay increases" over the past 10 years were below the rate of inflation. When cost of living goes up 4% and you get a 1.2% "raise" ... is it actually a raise? If you look at it that way "pay increases" are not considered a "raise" as they did not raise the pay compared to inflation. Or perhaps his brain slipped out of gear, and instead of saying the "largest raise" in the past 10 years.. he said first in 10 years... sort of like our past president claiming we had 57 states....