[DonaldC]

Many of us have been stagnant since the end of the clinton years and lost ground when factoring in taxes and health care/insurance costs. This is no surprise and has been happening for quite some time.

[RogerQ]

You’re not saying Bush is at fault, are you? That is not the kind of position we want to take in an election year.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I was doing great until Obama cinched the nomination and everything went to hell because anyone with half a brain knew Obama would usurer in socialism, and they weren't bothering to wait till he took the oath to get the heck out of dodge.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Many of us have been stagnant since the end of the clinton years and lost ground when factoring in taxes and health care/insurance costs.

Yes, but 90's were a unique time, with the tech boom already under way and Y2K yet to come. If you were a web developer when everyone went to online commerce, or a COBOL programmer when Y2K started, you could name your salary.

But it wasn't going to last, and it didn't. Once all of the servers were in place, the online commerce sites were up and running, and older mainframes knew the difference between 1900 and 2000, many of the developers were no longer needed. The laws of supply and demand went in favor of the employers, and that, as they say, was that.

But it was fun while it lasted.

[A message]

My income consistently increased the entire Bush administration. During the current 0bama regime my income has decreased more than 10%.

[Big Horn]

I made the most money of my life during the Bush years.

[cake_crumb]

Interesting. The Bush years were pretty darned good to us.