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Originally Posted by tony286
Back then one third of the work force was union and it affected all jobs. You try and live in your means on $9 an hr. My grandfather pressed womens coats, he made enough to buy a house my grandmother didnt work and they had four kids. And he paid for two weddings, pressing ladies coats.My brother is a big right winger, he travels alot for work. He is sitting there and the guys behind him are talking on the plane. The one guy is baffled he cant find hoards of people to work for the $10 an hr jobs he has. My brother said he wanted to turn around and say you try living on $10 an hr.
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The problem is American consumers that shop on price only and don't care about quality or the working conditions and pay of third world workers. $10 an hour is a lot to pay when most products are now made by $10 a week workers.
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