Reply #13: I'm a veteran in my field [View All]

[LadyInAZ]

As a capitalistic society we do promote competition... and given veteran employees pay raises to motivate them to stay and continue giving our best. I for one is against not giving your skill works financal rewards. Like many of us, we spend a lot of money, time and effort in educating and perfecting our knowledge and craft within our fields. A nice reward is being paid more for our continued pursuit. This in turn provides company with skilled works to help them continue to compete in a global economy.

I also see the standard of living in US has not decreased, offering us lower wages will only hurt us all. We worked hard to get where we are today, is it really fair to ask millions to take a pay cut, expect no more pay raises... where does that lead us? looking for lower housing? I for 1 didn't attend college to live in a slum area. Nor should we be forced to do so. This isn't a 3rd world country, but it looks like we might be turning into one if something isn't done soon.