[lottin]

If it did, your salary must have shrunk by 87.5% (or the company that you work for would have gone out of business).

[toenail]

Because in reality all salaries went up exactly the right amount to compensate for inflation? Hm, the system doesn't seem to work like that.

[lottin]

If you think that a business can remain in business after its revenue shrinks by a factor of 8 without wage costs adjusting accordingly, you need a reality check.