Since wage hikes historically have not matched inflation, I don't see anything wrong with hikes that surpass inflation rates. We have a lot of catching up to d

Since wage hikes historically have not matched inflation, I don't see anything wrong with hikes that surpass inflation rates. We have a lot of catching up to do, and incumbents designed this system so that healing the gap hurts the bottom line of voters, so there is simply no painless way out of it. We've all been paying towards a debt that is about to be realized.