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32. No, it's amazing that so many employers and politicians view $10/hr as a good paying job. n/t

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 02:24 PM

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It Is Amazing That So Many Workers Now View $10.00 An Hour As A Good Paying Job -- [View all] TheMastersNemesis Dec 2012 OP

I earned $11.75/hour as a teen in 1976. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1

I earned 5 dollars an hour as an RN in 1976. Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #23

i was earning $14/hour filing medical records and requests in 1994 CreekDog Dec 2012 #29

In the early 70s I was making $12 an hour madokie Dec 2012 #2

What I find so disturbing is how quickly we, as a group, seem to forget. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #3

Too much TV... pangaia Dec 2012 #5

. datasuspect Dec 2012 #14

+1 n/t Agschmid Dec 2012 #27

I made $10/hr in 1965 upaloopa Dec 2012 #4

That's a lot of cheddar for 65! Liberal1975 Dec 2012 #15

I managed 3 departments in a grocery stores upaloopa Dec 2012 #16

I hear you... Liberal1975 Dec 2012 #19

The starting pay for a Pipefitter oldbanjo Dec 2012 #22

That would explain Liberal1975 Dec 2012 #30

du rec. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #7

There are a lot of people out there with a lot of power ... LisaLynne Dec 2012 #8

How many view that as a good paying job? hfojvt Dec 2012 #9

That's probably another reason people "accept" lower paying jobs Thav Dec 2012 #11

corporate heaven05 Dec 2012 #10

I don't know anyone who views that as a good pay n/t leftstreet Dec 2012 #13

It's America's Race To The Bottom jsr Dec 2012 #17

I recently hired a new P/T employee and when I asked her about what sort kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #18

Red State wages... santamargarita Dec 2012 #20

Around here that's a good wage. (they say) Third Doctor Dec 2012 #21

It seems so to a conservative ideologue Populist_Prole Dec 2012 #24

cost of living Phlem Dec 2012 #25

It's not enough Politicalboi Dec 2012 #26

Reagan Presaged This Scenario In The Early 1980's TheMastersNemesis Dec 2012 #33