Did your paycheck get smaller?

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$50 pay cut so far since the new taxes and they are talking about cutting another 20% from our paycheck and still have to work the same hours............ Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!!!!!!

[GoneBoatN]

With rising prices of health care, gasoline, increased taxes (one way or another), etc (inflation), effectively everyone's paycheck is smaller.

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Originally Posted by GoneBoatN

With rising prices of health care, gasoline, increased taxes (one way or another), etc (inflation), effectively everyone's paycheck is smaller.

True, everything is going up in price but, people are bringing home less each week.
How do the guys in DC exspect the economy to recover??...looks like were headed for another crash.
I'm not the smartest person out there but,I can see this comeing.

[LTWon]

It seems my paycheck may be dropping to 0 as work is eliminating 10% of the workforce....

[jkski]

The reality for my employment is this....we have not had a raise of any type for 6 years while our healthcare costs have risen on average 20%/year. So, if we assume for a second that cost of living goes up 3% each year (the usual and customary raise), we re actually down 18% on top of the increased healthcare costs. At the same time the cost of everything else has gone up and there really is no sign of gaining back the losses.

All of that said, I am happy to be employed and at least have healthcare coverage.

[76S&S]

Like most of you, I'm just glad to be working. Everything and I mean everything is getting more expensive as our pay stays relatively flat. And lets not forget that the dollar just isn't worth what it was several years ago.

On top of all of this, I have two starting college in roughly 18 months. I worked my way through college, working a part time job. For my kids to be able to do that, they would need to earn a little over $30,000 a year!

Something has to change, we can't keep going like this...

[Willski]

Definitely less coming in, and more going out.