Ok... So one of you gets a job somewhere making x amount of dollars.... you set your life up around the expectation that you will be receiving x amount of dollars and base your lifestyle and expenditures on such.
A few years later, your boss comes to you and says... hey you need to now live on half of what you're used to making, not only that but I still expect the same work output...
Tell me you wouldn't be pissed about that. No matter how much x actually is, it still hurts to take away 50% of what someone makes. Epecially when you consider the simpsons make millions in a week on merchandising alone without ever even making an episode.