Being anxious to be called Scrooge and worse, and not having enough e-mails that criticize me in every which way, I bring you a page or two of, I hope, truthful observations on a verboten subject: pay cuts. If pay cuts sound too cruel, let us call them pay reductions. I no longer work for a living. I was a salaried employee at a public university or two. I have not been a wage-earner. I have never experienced wage reductions. I am not living hand-to-mouth or in poverty. Readers who demand certain solidarity qualifications from me may stop reading at … Continue reading Wage and Pay Cuts Are Necessary