How to ask your Boss for a salary increase..?

One day an employee sends a letter to Her boss asking for an increase in her salary !!!

Dear Bo $$
In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing$ mo$t de$perately.
I think you $hould be under$ tanding of the need$ of your worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company .
I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon.

$ incerely Your$ ,
Marian $ hih


The next day, the employee received a nice reply like this :

DearMarian
I kNOw that you have been working very hard.
NOwadays, NOthing much has changed.
You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NO ticeably well as yet .
NO w the newspaper are saying the world`s leading eco NOmists are NO t sure if the United States may go into a NO ther recession.
After the NO vember presidential elections things may turn bad .
I have NOthing more to add NOw.
You k NOw what I mean .

Yours truly,
Manager