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Old 05-14-2015, 01:27 PM
 
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I come up with a lower number...

$2 in 1974 would be $8.78 today which is much less than the $12.25 Oakland minimum wage today.
Used 1970. 1974 got me $9.20
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Old 05-14-2015, 01:45 PM
 
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I remember it was a big deal when California minimum wage went to $2 in 1974...

I think USA Stations still sold gas for 30 cents a gallon... I know it was 25 cents for a while... since I was not driving... didn't pay all that much attention.

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Old 05-14-2015, 02:29 PM
 
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Asked you questions and gave you some facts. What is your response?
Not the answer you wanted to hear lol?
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Old 05-14-2015, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
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I remember is was a big deal when California minimum wage went to $2 in 1974...

I think USA Stations still sold gas for 30 cents a gallon... I know it was 25 cents for a while... since I was not driving... didn't pay all that much attention.
It was also around $1.00 in upstate New York when minimum wage was about $5.00 & change. Now basis out-pacingminimum wage on growth
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Old 05-14-2015, 05:24 PM
 
Location: Ruidoso, NM
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Not the answer you wanted to hear lol?
The "answer" I got was a bunch of irrelevant nonsense... which you keep repeating in this thread. If that is the best you can do then I'll just assume that you are a broken-record ranting machine and that facts and rational thought can not possibly effect you.

Fair enough?
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Old 05-14-2015, 09:18 PM
 
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The "answer" I got was a bunch of irrelevant nonsense... which you keep repeating in this thread. If that is the best you can do then I'll just assume that you are a broken-record ranting machine and that facts and rational thought can not possibly effect you.

Fair enough?
Not an answer you wanted to hear right.
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Old 05-15-2015, 06:27 PM
 
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I remember it was a big deal when California minimum wage went to $2 in 1974...

I think USA Stations still sold gas for 30 cents a gallon... I know it was 25 cents for a while... since I was not driving... didn't pay all that much attention.
So basically...the equivalent of 7-8 gallons of gas per hour. AKA about $20/hr today to get the same thing.
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Old 05-15-2015, 09:20 PM
 
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So basically...the equivalent of 7-8 gallons of gas per hour. AKA about $20/hr today to get the same thing.
I don't know why but I tend to price things compared to the cost of gas...

When my Grandmother would give me a $20 on my birthday... I told Mom a $20 might be short for the grandkids... not my kids... for a long time a $20 would fill my tank and now it's $50 in CA...

My 1985 Chevrolet work van would take $40 to fill and now it has been as high a $135...
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Old 05-18-2015, 09:38 AM
 
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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I remember it was a big deal when California minimum wage went to $2 in 1974...

I think USA Stations still sold gas for 30 cents a gallon... I know it was 25 cents for a while... since I was not driving... didn't pay all that much attention.
In 1974 I was in college and working close to full time at $3/hour, and gas was 55-60 cents in the S.F. Bay Area. The real problem was the embargo, and having to park in line at the gas station and sleep in the car on the correct day (even/odd plates) at 2am to be able to get to school or work on time. The last time I paid 25 cents for gas was in the summer of 1972 while on a road trip, in the northeast. When I returned to CA it had jumped to over 30 cents because the state had just started to add sales tax. For me to fill a 20 gallon tank once a week, back then it was $11, now it's $60. As a percentage of my weekly income, it's far better now, with that $60 being only 2% of my weekly income as compared to 9% in 1974.
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Old 05-18-2015, 09:57 AM
 
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The USA stations and Simas had the cheap gas... I would always top off at USA at Foothill Square in Oakland... most of the gas stations in my area are long gone...

Gas is back up again... $3.74 last night.

My brother lived near High Street and the Union 76 Station was at the part where there was a slight downward incline... made it popular for those waiting to coast in...

Odd/Even days, 10 gallon limits... etc.

My 1985 service van has a 34 gallon tank... so $120 last night with two credit card swipes.
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