"LOWER RAISES? CALL IN THE DEMOCRATS!"

Companion stories from competing wire services prove a point that the liberals will never want to hear. From the Associated Press, we get “Americans Getting Smaller Pay Raises”. I expect we’ll be hearing this from the Nine Dwarves, especially the line about small pay increases planned for 2004. From Reuters, we get ,”Employment Costs Rode in Second Quarter”. This story talks about the 3.7 increase so far this year in employment costs with benefits outpacing wages and salaries.

Don’t expect to hear much about this from our candidate friends.