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Originally Posted by cfrizz
Excuse me, but 40 years ago, I certainly wasn't making $50,000. a year! My brother graduated with a bachelors from Harvard and came out to a job that paid about $23,000.00 a year, which was considerably more than what I was making a year, but it certainly wasn't anywhere close to $50,000.00 a year.
When he started working he quickly had to rearrange what he had planned for himself. He had himself moving into his own place living the life etc. Then reality struck with his first paycheck.
You are only thinking in terms of retail, fast food, and service jobs. Those jobs have never paid well, and if you don't have bigger ambitions than working those kinds of jobs that's on you.
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Maybe your brother can explain the word “equivalent” to you.
Minimum wage was intended to be a living wage for a single income household. Not a luxurious life to be sure but not one in which they scrape to survive. Good luck surviving in a single income home anywhere today.
But let’s look beyond that, entry level jobs now are ridiculous often requiring years of experience.
You’re clearly out of touch with what those entering the workforce today are facing.