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hobbit709

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3. When I first came to Austin in 1974

Reply to xchrom (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 08:10 AM

Dec 2012

you could work 25 hrs/wk at minimum wage and pay your rent, buy groceries, and still have enough left over to go out and party a couple of times a week.
Now if you work 40 hrs/wk at minimum wage, you're sleeping under an overpass because that's not even enough to pay your rent.

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nearly 1 million workers will receive a pay boost in Jan. due to minimum wage increases [View all] xchrom Dec 2012 OP

It's still way below the official poverty level. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #1

indeed. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #2

When I first came to Austin in 1974 hobbit709 Dec 2012 #3