You've already gone a lot further than that in your PM.. Thanks there for the calm down... What was your soft spot? the part about my wife staying at home? Did I push the wrong buttons on that for ya? Or was it the fact that I was defending our profession and how some think it's well paid and trying to explain to this guy that his perspective is wrong.

Glad you're company pays well, but most of the rest have a long way to go.. And don't think you're immune from pay cuts if everyone else starts to think $50K is a good living. I'm personally set for other reasons, but that's not the same for a lot of others. I know too many people that work too hard for the crap they earn..

Your turn, and please try to be constructive to the debate.