Reply #116: why is that an inaccurate comparison?

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I was a "temporary" employee for three years, and maybe I could still be there if I had not gotten a real job. We were both working at the same plant, on the same machines. The only difference was one of status (okay there was also experience and training, but after a year not such a huge gap there and even less with the new hires). In fact, after I had been a temp for two years I certainly knew more about the plant than new hires, many of which I helped teach, and many of whom stood around yakking while I ran their machine.

Your use of numbers like $15,000 and $30,000 (176% of my temp salary, and even 120% of my current pay) makes me think you are already in the lower stratosphere making something like $50,000 plus bennies. Can I admit that I do not care about how a 50 K + person is "unfairly" not making enough money? You seem to not care about the men or women who have 2nd class status as temps - apparently we do not deserve as much pay as the apples.