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To: MayflowerMadam

I remember those days... As a 14 1/2 year old bagboy in 1966, I made 85 cents an hour. Tips were fair. We all knew who the 50 cent tippers were...and scrambled to bag their groceries.

No way I could’ve lived off those meagre earnings though. Warren’s a fruitcake.


28 posted on 02/19/2019 4:41:33 AM PST by moovova
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To: moovova

in 1966, I made 85 cents an hour....

I graduated High School in ‘66 and remember working for $.99/ hour back in NY. I could buy 3 gallons of gas with that wage at about $.32/gallon.

Now,in Texas the minimum wage is $7.25/ hour and it can buy 3 gallons of gas at $2.42/gallon

With the future minimum wage at $15/hour what do you think will be the approximate cost of gas in the future. No fair saying that the cars will run on solar.


34 posted on 02/19/2019 4:57:47 AM PST by Hang'emAll (If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?)
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