How Much Has Your Salary Increased Since Cheney/Bush Were Appointed?

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.

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

Now I'm making a bit more and struggling alot more.

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.

stagnated... :grr:

And my savings have shrunk by 50% because I had to self-finance about 3 years worth of unemployement (non continuous)! :grr:

but I'd say roughly a 33% increase.

Add to that the inflated cost of food, gas, etc., we aren't doing nearly as well as under Clinton.

Health insurance has gone up, of course, so I actually take home less.

"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...

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On Edit: Damn. You'd think a writer would proofread the spelling.

Pay at my last job was frozen for a year. Took a 10% cut when I switched jobs.

I blame it on Jesus.

Not counting for the effects of inflation.

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.

It's hard starting over in your 40s when the sector you are in (telecommunications in my case) takes a dive.

Oh well.

Woo hoo!