Minimum wage jobs were never meant to be family paychecks; just starting-out pay when you have no workable skills at the time. If one could get a 40 hr. week on the $15/hr. minimum, you might manage. However at that wage, you probably won’t work 40 hrs. a week. Might need two of those jobs...however I dare say that many on S.S. don’t make that much & are getting by. It’s tough to do in this Biden era however. If you have marketable skills, then there’s probably no reason to be working minimum wage, but one has to start somewhere. Having entered the work force in about the early 60s, I think people now expect too much but Biden has made it very difficult not to.
Having entered the work force in about the early 60s, I think people now expect too much but Biden has made it very difficult not to.
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I too entered the work force (1963) at age 18 making $69 per month and after a sometimes grueling, 4 year period, had advanced through promotions to a whopping $ 230 per month.
Then I got an honorable discharge.