IT (And Other) Salaries On The Rise In The U.S.

pertinax18 writes "CNN Money is reporting that salaries for most college grads are on the rise once again. Especially interesting to collegiate (and other) /. readers may be the 4.1% increase in pay for CS grads, and 10.7% increases in pay for others in the field. From the article: 'If those numbers sound enticing, it's probably because computer science graduates are long overdue for a pay increase. "They haven't seen an increase since 2001 and this is the first year, in all four reports, that they showed an increase," Koncz says.' Are things finally starting to look up for us?"

Comments

Re:Bush's Fault

[Enry]

Recession didn't start till March 2001. (or was it April?). Either way, Bush was in office at the time.

Re:Bush's Fault

[Shant3030]

Its ok, because Democrats never have solutions to any problems, just criticisms.

Blame everyone else.

Re:Bush's Fault

[prgrmr]

Have some free clues:

The recession stared in March 01

The GDP most certainly did drop and recovery hasn't been as strong

Bush has lied about this in the past

earlier this year, Bush tried to manipulate the reporting of this for political purposes

While it can certainly be substantiated that the the Bush administration's policies didn't cause or contribute to the cause of the recession, he most certainly is on the hook for dealing with it. Argueing about when it began is both counterproductive and rather clueless on his part, as it does do anything to change the situation.

Re:Bush's Fault

[AmericanInKiev]

Just remember, Bush is responsible for the single biggest TAX INCREASE in history - the fact that it is a tax inccrease on our kids only makes it less human.

Bastard Babyboomers should pay for their own damn taxes - not put them over on their Grandkids - assh*les

AIK

Re:Actually, you CAN kill the economy in 2 months.

[CausticPuppy]

It is also no accident that oil prices, after stagnating for pretty much the entire Clinton years, started skyrocketing after Bush's election. It is his priority to keep gas prices high. For every cent in gas price hikes, the Oil industry makes millions of dollars.

Would you care to back that statement up, please?
Perhaps using some financial data for a large American oil company?

Also, please explain how Bush was able to increase the per-barrel cost of crude oil, with an explanation as to how that would benefit him personally.