A few weeks ago, the NH Democrat party got its knickers in a wad. Gov. Sununu wasn’t refusing to take a scheduled salary increase. Cue the tiny violins – little instruments whose tune never plays over The high cost of tuition™ and UNH salaries.
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House Democrats Think They Deserve a Raise – I Think They Need a $114,000.00 Pay Cut
Members of the US House of Representatives earn $174,00.00 a year. If they are a single-family earner, without adding speaking fees or any additional income, that salary puts them above the 90th percentile for wage earners in the US. So, naturally, they think they need a raise.
Trump Donates Portion of Salary to Department of Homeland Security
Democrats like to talk about giving back to the government, You know, the thing to which we all belong. But in the background, they are hiding their assets and hoarding their money. By giving they mean some of their time for which they expect to be generously compensated.
“Want fries with that?” is not in the working vocab for these graduates.
From Business Insider (via BroBible) comes this list of what some college BA / BS grads can expect:
| Median | ||
| Position | Starting Salary | Mid-career Salary |
| Statistics | $49,300 | $99,500 |
| Computer Science | $58,400 | $100,000 |
| Applied Mathematics | $50,800 | $102,000 |
| Computer Engineering | $62,700 | $100,500 |
| Electrical Engineering | $63,400 | $106,000 |
| Nuclear Engineering | $66,800 | $107,000 |
| Chemical Engineering | $67,500 | $111,000 |
| 3. Actuarial Mathematics | $56,100 | $112,000 |
| 2. Aerospace Engineering | $62,500 | $118,000 |
| 1. Petroleum Engineering | $98,000 | $163,000 |
All depend on mathematics and engineering skills (STEM) – arcane “studies” grads are not going to get these types of compensatory rewards. Unless you are a genius, you will work hard, often very hard, to get that degree. But you will have a marketable skill. On the other hand…