Don't bring up rational solutions to irrational people.

Think of the corporations!

We just had a company meeting for IT, and someone asked about raises and when and how much. Got a general response about 3% being the national norm. Someone called them out on it and said that's still a 5% pay decrease with inflation as it is. They stopped the meeting lol.

The company only makes a few billion in profit a year. They can't afford raises or good medical coverage. Gotta give those investors their cash rewards and 20+ millions bonuses to upper level management.