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Re:Economic Pessimism Growing in U.S. by FpUser on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @03:05PM (#31573491)
And politicians never forget to vote themselves salary increase to correct for inflation while saying to us that moderate inflation is good.
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Re:Economic Pessimism Growing in U.S. by onlyrealcuzzo on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @03:07PM (#31573521)
> And politicians never forget to vote themselves salary increase to correct for inflation while saying to us that moderate inflation is good.

I dunno about you, but I'm pretty glad that congress doesn't vote on my wage.

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Re:Economic Pessimism Growing in U.S. by FpUser on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @03:14PM (#31573619)
Me neither because I pay myself. But if I were an employee I would not mine my base automatically indexed to inflation. This of course will wreak havoc in the whole system.
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Re:Economic Pessimism Growing in U.S. by themitigating on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @03:09PM (#31573563)
The last pay increase in the senate was in 2008.
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Re:Economic Pessimism Growing in U.S. by FpUser on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @03:11PM (#31573585)
Not talking about the US,
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Re:Economic Pessimism Growing in U.S. by caenorst on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @03:16PM (#31573650)
This post is titled "Economic Pessimism Growing in U.S."...
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