Originally Posted by
PapaMike
Way to miss the point.
The specific numbers themselves aren't important and don't tell of the bigger picture of the economic landscape during that 26 years.
The point is just to show how much a simple percentage point can factor over the course of a contract and more importantly, the course of one's career.
...or how much more of that compounding we need because of how far behind we really are. I agree with you, I just moved the start point back a few years to show the bigger picture of how our past 3%s and 4%s are totally inadequate.