[xzins]

They're not clymers. With an inflation rate of 3.2% last year and projected as high as 4% for this year, they were being asked to take a pay cut. After subtracting the increased medical costs, they'd be getting only a 3% raise.

Would you agree to a pay cut this year? Or would you fight it?

I'd fight it. Notice it says affluent New Jersey neighborhood. I've been there. $56,000 a year is not extragant with the cost of living in that area. A 1200 sq foot house in that area costs about 200 grand....insane but true.

[Silly]

"...they were being asked to take a pay cut. After subtracting the increased medical costs, they'd be getting only a 3% raise."

Take another look at your quote and tell me you don't think like a liberal.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

A 1200 sq foot house in that area costs about 200 grand....insane but true.

I was visiting in the SF Bay area, and the price there is $650,000, more or less.