It also assumes all you want your salary to do is help you survive the current calendar year. If we follow their assumption, I have 5k less going towards retirement, savings, or contributions to child care - which is, you'll be shocked to find, a 10% decrease!
It's not like dollars I _didn't_ spend expired, their value was diminished, as was the value of every dollar I'll earn tomorrow, and therefor I'm within my rights to expect more of them.
It's not like dollars I _didn't_ spend expired, their value was diminished, as was the value of every dollar I'll earn tomorrow, and therefor I'm within my rights to expect more of them.