[Repeal The 17th]

My private sector salary has been frozen since 2008.

[Ax]

I didn’t get a COLA on my federal pension this year, but I don’t mind. I figure it’s my contribution to Moose-smell Osama and her posse’s recent safari.

[Chuzzlewit]

2% is the standard raise for an employee who “meets standards” in terms of job performance in a corporation in the USA, at this time (if you get a raise, that is)