[Age of Reason]

Some older caller to a talk show yesterday remarked how his father put three kids through college on a bank teller's salary (and I'll bet he was a teller 'till he retired; no need for mid-life career retraining).

It is nowhere near as easy to make a decent living as it used to be.

[arete]

It is nowhere near as easy to make a decent living as it used to be.

Standards have changed and we expect more and more. I grew up with one car, one TV and one telephone in the family. Now every family member has their own car, TV and phone not to mention PC's and a variety of other "essential" items like DVD players and the latest must have gadgets. Times are different although not necessarily better.

Richard W.