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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As MB I agree with pay increasing with inflation and merit. If no merit increase, then just based on inflation.

But you contradict yourself on some points.

"Don't give a few pennies?" Inflation was 0.1% (1 tenth of a percentage) in 2008. This equates to a few pennies. In that case, we should not give a raise if the nanny at all, right? Because it is worthless? So lots of nannies should be getting no raise because it was just a bad year and that should be fair. No complaints.

Following your reasoning, if we have a year of deflation, then it is OK to dock nanny's pay?

If you think nanny pay should be based on "common decency," go live in North Korea where everyone gets the basics based on "common decency."

US is a competitive capitalist society. The smartest and the hardest workers get paid more. Welcome to reality.[/quote]
Here's my reality. And yours. I am smart and I work hard. (I have years of history with a stack of outstanding reference letters to prove it.) So according to you and your "competitive capitalist society" ideal, I shall hand you my resignation note upon your arrival this evening, as your neighbor around the corner has been begging to hire me. This morning at the park I finally accepted her generous offer, thanks to your reality check. More money for less responsibility. She has only one child plus she wants to add an extra $5/hr to "whatever" I'm currently getting paid. I told her your rate and she said that's nothing for a nanny like me. Plus, she's been providing the full-time care of her own child until, she said she found the "right" person. To me that means her child doesn't have the baggage you have with the revolving nanny door. The concept of stability means a lot to her, as it does to me.

Perhaps you aren't so smart at all. Time will tell. Perhaps you should work harder and get a little smarter. GL to you.[/quote][/quote]

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