How to ask your Boss for a salary increase?

oss> One day an employee sends a letter to Her boss asking for
> an increase in her
> salary!!!  
>  
> Dear Bo$$ ,
> In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing mo$t de$perately. I
> think you $hould
> be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given
> $o much $upport
> including $weat and $ervice to your company. 
> I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon. 
>  
> Your$ $incerely,  
> Marian $hih  
>  
> The next day, the employee recieved this letter of reply:  
> 
> 
>  
> Dear Marian,  
> I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOwadays,
> NOthing much has
> changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt
> doing NOticeably well
> as yet. 
> NOw the newspaper are saying the world's leading
> ecoNOmists are NOt sure if
> the United States may go into aNOther recession. After the
> NOvember
> presidential elections things may turn bad. 
> I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean.  
> Yours truly, 
> Manager