Sonofanump;1363583 wrote:Took a pay cut because these idiots wanted to keep the first of the month a federal holiday at Joe's Meat Shop. Load the Escalade full of the finest steaks guys! Birth another child that we need to take care of. Pathetic.

ernest_t_bass;1363586 wrote:Link?

Belly35;1363762 wrote:With my wife getting a increase in her salary three months ago she is back to almost last years salary
I however will be closing my business ( I think) ... not worth the frustration, personal commitment anymore.

I will take my early retirement SS, plus my Military disablity monthly payment = over $4000.00 tax free.
Work for a friend at $15,000 per year to stay under the SS $15,000.00 cap, but work out a deal for gas card and other payments under the table and use my other skills as personal additional income (cash only payment) should = to over $80,000 per year tax free and I could expand this to $100,000 plus with another idea I have (that I will not mention)

Raw Dawgin' it;1363778 wrote:We got a 3% raise to combat the 2% increase.

gut;1363813 wrote:In the pre-Obama days, a 3% raise was called a "COL adjustment".

But the 2% we're talking about isn't a tax increase. It was a temporary stimulus allowed to lapse. I don't think it was particularly beneficial to the economy, but done to placate the working class with the extraordinary unemployment/welfare benefits being handed out.

gut;1363813 wrote:In the pre-Obama days, a 3% raise was called a "COL adjustment".

But the 2% we're talking about isn't a tax increase. It was a temporary stimulus allowed to lapse. I don't think it was particularly beneficial to the economy, but done to placate the working class with the extraordinary unemployment/welfare benefits being handed out.

jmog;1363771 wrote:It's easy to figure out, take your yearly gross, multiply by 0.02 (2%) and that's how much less you will make this year than last year (ignoring any raises).

SS tax went back up by 2%.

If you make $50k, you are paying $1000 more in SS tax this year than last year.

believer;1363993 wrote:Basically me except my annual salary is closer to 70K. But - hey - I just got a 4% pay increase so I suppose after Barry & Co. up their "fair share" first from my raise and then they deduct the extra 2% FICA, I'll maybe net a cool 1% pay raise.

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gut;1364125 wrote:Like I said, I view this very differently from income taxes. This is social insurance. You are, theoretically, just deferring pay to yourself. That assumes, of course, that SS will be there in retirement.

But realistically SS will be reformed but never go away, I don't think, not as long as they can keep raising taxes and print money. Eventually we will just end-up with a shitty "socialist" economy like most of Europe. We may be very close, if we aren't there already (employment rates and economic growth would say we ARE there).

ccrunner609;1364157 wrote:\
on a 0% for 3 years and probably going to have to sign a contract for another 3 years of 0%

ccrunner609;1364157 wrote:\on a 0% for 3 years and probably going to have to sign a contract for another 3 years of 0%

ccrunner609;1364258 wrote:This 0% increase was a gesture to the community

ccrunner609;1364445 wrote:quit spewing talking points of the anti-union people. The standards that teachers are held to in the first 3 years of teachers almost guarantee that bad teachers are weeded out early.

I sat in meeting all day yesterday about the new state standards for teachers, schools and school report cards. It is very rigorous. There is no way a bad teacher will ever make it through.