My first job paid minimum wage (.75/hr in 1959) that is roughly
equivalent buying power to $10/hr today. The minimum wage today is
$5.75/hr. In light of this, I say "So what is your point?"
--Tom
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/17/01 10:45:06 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << Please work harder many of my fellow americans are in more dire need than
> I was. >>
>
> I do not intend to get into a "I was poorer than you" contest.
> But while I was trying to go to school and raise a family (years before
> school loans), I worked two jobs, one of them busing dishes for 45 cents an
> hour, the other got me 62 cents and hour. Between me and the wife, we had
> four jobs making about $4 an hour between us. We were rasing two children.
> After school, while I interned, I made $60 a week, the two of us making about
> $115 a week with 3 children.
> I've been there, done that.
> Me, "self-righteous" Tom? Call me "bootstrapper" instead, someone who crawled
> up and out of poverty.
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