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2. I was in a meeting recently when a local government official said "I think we all accept that raises

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 08:21 PM

Aug 2014

are a thing of the past." Most depressing comment I'd heard in a long time. But he was quite sincere about it.

Bryant

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