Posted by Bill(Wis) on September 29, 2012 at 20:21:15 from (184.75.123.14):
In Reply to: $1/hr posted by George Marsh on September 29, 2012 at 16:04:43:
My first full time job in 1953 paid $48 for a six day week, nine hours per day. 7am 'til 5pm with an hour off for lunch. Minimum wage back in those days '54? was $1 per hour. After a while I asked why we wern't being paid the federal minimum wage. Answer was we weren't engaged in interstate commerce and the federal minimum wage didn't apply. A few days after that I found myself off loading 55 gal drums of insecticides from New York from one boxcar and placing them on an adjacent boxcar destined for South Dakota. So much for "not being engaged in interstate commerce". It was a good job, though. Nice facilities, good people. A new Ford or Chev cost about $1900 back then. About one year's take home pay. (Yes, we did pay taxes in those days) About the same now. At the bottom, most people's yearly gross income is about the same as a low cost new car. In some ways, "things" are cheaper now. And, the government gets to pay off the national debt with ever cheaper dollars. So, hang on and enjoy the ride. You'll only be around for a short time. The US Government? My bet is it'll still be here 500 years from now and people will still be complaining about much the same stuff. (;>))
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