Well, the Gov of the great state of DE announced that I'm getting roughly a 10% cut in pay. The County Executive also on this same day is ordering a 25% increase in our property taxes. $$ is starting to get verrrry tight.

I shouldn't have bid on those cigars...

bassards..... good luck man...

ditto

I hate to hear such things and am hearing more and more similar.....

good mojo sent your way

Good luck to you.. I f**king hate property taxes I think they should be outlawed.

Pay cuts are terrible, but the alternative of layoffs is much worse.. Hope all works out...

10% paycut, but you still have a JOB and a State Job at that, so I would say you are very fortunate.

I for one have not had a raise in over 5 years and I don't complain, I have a job, in this period my insurance rates have gone up also. Poor Ram.....Not at all.

Right now I am thankful to be working,& hope all works out for you.

Look on the bright side you don't live in NJ !!!!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you pay NO sales tax in DE, right ???

Maybe we should move to California, they have it made, lucky bastids . 🙂

now, INCOME tax, THAT is a crime. you buy things, so sales tax is fine. you own things, so land tax is ok (but 25% in this struggling time is wrong). but taxing you for producing via work is wrong in so many ways!

Has this tax, been approved ???

We have no sales tax for a reason. Cause we pay it elsewhere!

I've been with the state for 15 yrs so even if they did have layoffs, I'd be in the middle and most likely ok. However when asked, I voted for equally pain instead of getting rid of the little guys. (Hmmm should I have? LOL)

OMG, I would not like to live in NJ. Have you guys lynched Corzine yet?

Thankfully I have a hefty reserve of smokes to carry me through.

^ I'm in PA, screw NJ!!!!!

The JUG HANDLE State.........

I know how you feel, Rob. Our illustrious leader in the great State of New Jersey is telling us we have to forego our "CONTRACT" 3.5% pay raise in July and take 14 furlough days 1 per month) between this May and next June or face layoffs. Gonna get pretty tight money wise real soon.

Oh, BTW, the State Senators and State Reps are still going to get their 5.5% raise (that they voted for themselves) in July. WTF, Over!!!!!

Ah yes, PA. I see your state saves plenty of money by not repaving roads.

Surf, I haven't gotten a raise in 3 years, and today I just got sent back 10 years in pay.

But at least the crackheads and illegals can still get free medical.

a raise is like a bonus. just be glad you did not get a cut (or laid off). the first quarter this year, i am down probably 15%...and no positive outlook in the foreseeable future (live in japan).

^ I used to get longevity raises but I'm at the top of my pay scale now so they are done. I kind of got dependent on the contract raises. That's my bad. I may have to go get a part time job or send the wife back to work (which I really don't want to do).

I have to say I would rather have had a 10% cut in pay then the 40% cut I now get because I have to go on unemployment.

^amen.

My income would have to go up 40% to have a 10% cut.

At this point 10% would be awesome compared my 50-60% cut.

just gotta find a way to live inside our means. expect what you get and not more. do what you can to help others. do your best and pray that they bosses keep you.