Uncle Joe
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:02 PM
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Poll question: How Much Has Your Salary Increased Since Cheney/Bush Were Appointed? |
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I ask this because the price of gasoline has just about tripled over the past eight years and I believe this the root cause of the current mortgage/financial crisis.
That works out aproximately to a 15% average annual increase in price over eight years, this of course doesn't take in to account the domino effect on the prices of virtually everything else due to higher transportation costs.
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:02 PM
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:03 PM
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Edited on Fri Sep-19-08 12:03 PM by simskl
I've averaged about 3.5% per year while everything else has been going up a lot faster than that.
on edit, it's since 2001 not 2003
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:04 PM
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3. I was doing better with less under Clinton. |
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Now I'm making a bit more and struggling alot more.
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:05 PM
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4. coincidental with my age & increased responsibilities |
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during bush's "tenure", i've gone from 36 to 44, and from a project architect to a project manager. i better be making a substantial amount more; i have substantially more responsibility & substantially more stress.
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:06 PM
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5. Self-employed and tanking under Bush. nt |
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:06 PM
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stagnated... :grr:
And my savings have shrunk by 50% because I had to self-finance about 3 years worth of unemployement (non continuous)! :grr:
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:08 PM
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7. I lost about 20K a year |
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:10 PM
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:12 PM
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9. I've changed jobs twice |
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but I'd say roughly a 33% increase.
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:15 PM
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10. Got raise, but it was taken back to cover rise in health insurance |
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Add to that the inflated cost of food, gas, etc., we aren't doing nearly as well as under Clinton.
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:17 PM
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11. About 3% total since 2000. |
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Health insurance has gone up, of course, so I actually take home less.
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:22 PM
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12. My day-job is with a Repub-owned firm |
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Edited on Fri Sep-19-08 12:24 PM by RedLetterRev
"we don't give raises". That's why I had to take on the second job of doing weddings. Luckily, I enjoy the creative writing and love officiating. Downside, now I work nights and weekends so there is never, ever any down time.
Oh yeah. Repub-owned firm also doesn't give vacations or personal days. "Oh, you're sick? So, why can't you hurry up and come back while you're still sick?"
Yeah, but when the headshed wants to go golfing...
For hire: one very experienced VB and PHP programmer. Doubles as ordained minister. Casts daemons from operating systems and networks. Web pages and weddings done cheap. Inquire within or do without. :)
On Edit: Damn. You'd think a writer would proofread the spelling.
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:35 PM
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13. Company stopped giving raises; eliminated health and pension benefits about 4 years ago |
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Fri Sep-19-08 12:48 PM
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14. -10% in the last 2 years |
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Pay at my last job was frozen for a year. Took a 10% cut when I switched jobs.
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Fri Sep-19-08 01:24 PM
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15. Not counting the cost of living, I'm making less now than 8 years ago! |
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Fri Sep-19-08 01:26 PM
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16. Mine has decreased, but I don't blame it on Bush. |
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Fri Sep-19-08 01:29 PM
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17. Quite a bit a little more than 40% in the last 8 years |
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Fri Sep-19-08 01:31 PM
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18. I'm making about $5K/year less than I was in 2000 |
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Not counting for the effects of inflation.
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Fri Sep-19-08 01:36 PM
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I was just a kid back then & was making $5.50 an hour working a campus job.
I make about 3 times that amount now, but it still doesn't feel like much.
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Fri Sep-19-08 01:50 PM
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20. At one point I was down 53%, right now I'm down 49%. |
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It's hard starting over in your 40s when the sector you are in (telecommunications in my case) takes a dive.
Oh well.
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Fri Sep-19-08 01:53 PM
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21. P.S. I'm also working more hours to make less. |
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