You misinterpreting what I said it's not me contradicting myself!
I'm going to ask you a question so that you can prove your own self Incorrect, and I don't have to debate the issue with you any further.
On what date does the old contract end and on what date does the new contract begin?
In order for what you are saying to be correct about the new rate of $21 being a progression and not the new starting rate, the contracts would have to be contemporaneous on a given day.
I said I was going to ask one question, but I will have to ask you two.
So my second question for you is "on which days does the old contract and the new contract run concurrently?"