[dirtboy]

and while anybody can get a raise of 3-4%, if the COL increases by same or more, that's a REAL wage decrease.

Which I subsequently demonstrated - average wages went up 1.8 percent last year, whereas inflation increased about 2.2 percent. But Southack assures me that I am wrong for saying that's a net decrease. And, considering that government average incomes went up by 4.9 percent, the average salary in the private sector went up by only .8 percent - or about 1.4 percent BELOW the rate of inflation. But according to Southack, I'm all full of it.

Someone help me to to understand Southackenomics, please. Must be that new math.

[ninenot]

Well--spinners can't be bothered with facts.

Just looking at "tax freedom day" since 1950 or so will give most people the understanding--since then, the tax burden has gone up so that instead of a late-February date it's now a mid-May date. That's about 3 months, or 25% of a year.

And Regs burden now requires about 8/10ths of the work-year for the average Joe to pay for the cost of REGS--safety this, "green" that, EEO this, ERISA, etc., etc.

You pay for those regs every time you buy a slice of cheese...