I am sure you have read the news and it is sobering. Wages are increasing more slowly and actually if our wages did increase, we should count ourselves fortunate. Some people I know are not seeing any increase in wages. One of the things we must never take for granted is that wages will always increase year after year. There will be years when we might not get any increase. There will be years when we might have to take a pay cut. What? You have never experienced a pay cut before? Lucky you. What could be worse than not getting any wage increase? Getting a pay cut, of course. What could be worse than that? Retrenchment! What could make that worse? To see inflation marching on. That would make everything a double whammy. What to do? Take on another job? I guess we would have to do that if ......