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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
When I was 17 I got paid $2.35 in 1972 (Union Wages) working part time in a discount store -- that would be $12.87 in 2011. (Shows you how bad inflation (the hidden tax) has been.)
Walmart, Target and others are paying $8 - $10 average. If that is not a spiral down I don't know what is. People that work at these stores, if the are single mothers qualify for state and federal subsidy programs in many places -- who do think pays that money that they get? |
You view it as "spiral down", I view it as just a fact of life that things change... if someone can't make a living doing no-skill labor anymore, then instead of pointing fingers and trying to blame someone obviously they need to pursue some other career, seems like common sense to me...