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I worked for minimum wage in HS at a local lumberyard for about a year.(1982) I was an excellent worker and made $4.75/hour($9.50 today) by the end of the year. Part time during the school year and full time during the summer. Previous to that I worked part time in the family business for two years without pay.
Look up "social mobility" in a dictionary, then Google stats on rates of social mobility in different countries. Then, once you've educated yourself, come back and talk to me about "facts."
Keep up that forehead smacking - you might eventually knock some sense into yourself.
Look up "social mobility" in a dictionary, then Google stats on rates of social mobility in different countries. Then, once you've educated yourself, come back and talk to me about "facts."
Most wealth is lost within 2 generations. Clearly someone is moving up to obtain wealth to replace them, correct?
I've never worked for minimum wage. I thank the quality public school district I attended, which was a step up above the pseudo babysitting/daycare centers that many districts have become.
The only time I ever worked for minimum wage I was a student worker at the university. As this technically made me a state employee, I didn't have to pay social security or payroll taxes, so I actually had more take-home pay than most students working similar jobs for a higher wage off campus.
All this talk about minimum wage. I bagged groceries for a couple of months back in 1982 for $3.35 an hour. After that wages and jobs got better and better. Im just wondering how long other people were at minimum wage and when. When reading some of these topics you would think half the people spend their lives at minimum wage.
At 16, I worked at a minimum wage job for about 3 months. After that, things got progressively better, and by 18, I was making about 3 times that.
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