Driver pay and the future

So I keep hearing about drivers saying we haven't had a raise in 30 years. I'm not sure whether that's true or not, since I've only been driving a bit short of a decade, but from what I've seen, pay hasn't really gone up much if at all. Everything else has gone up, gas, food, rent, bills, etc. Inflation causes this but will wages ever catch up?

Or will I be driving in the year 2030 still making only .40 cents a mile, but gas will be $15 a gallon, a new car will be $100,000 and a gallon of milk will be $20, a loaf of bread being $15? All this WILL happen due to inflation, but will we still be making the same pay? If so I might just want to start looking for another career path over the next few years. I'm not even 30 years old yet and I don't know if I can go 30 more years without the trucking industry seeing a cost of living raise.

Am I worrying too much?

What do you guys think?

 

Checked my MVR the other day, clean as a whistle, well except for that silly ticket I have from 4.5 years ago.

But I'm glad you have it out for me so badly that you can troll every thread that I make.

get a life.

edit: response was for gizmo man. Couldn't quote him since he's on ignore, but I unfortunately had to read his post through your quote.

 

Only problem is, I have built a lifestyle around my level of income over the last few years, and I can't afford to stop working and goto college.

Plus there's never really been anything else I'm interested in.

So I'm kinda stuck between doing this forever, or going to school and working part time for minimum wage, and losing my house.

Or if I get lucky I could find a job that pays $800 a week without any school or training (yeah right).