General Discussion

Liberal1975

(87 posts)

19. I hear you...

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:29 PM

Dec 2012

Those were the days when labor still understood their true enemy. When you could find a decent wage and support a family even without going to college.

My grandfather, great grandfather and great uncle all worked for the Northwestern Railroad out of Pekin Illinois. Even now, my grandmother collects 1800 dollars a month from my grandfathers pension (he died in 2000)

It is difficult to fully comprehend how we as Americans could have forgotten so much of our own personal history in such a short time. Unions are vilified by many now. I see them as the reason my grandmother can still live with dignity as an 89 year old. Tragic really.

Grandpa always said that Ronald Reagan was the greatest enemy of the working man he had ever seen. He HATED him, back when he was in college he actually met him when he was a lifeguard during the summers (forgot the name of the town) but grandpa said even back then he was an asshole!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

33 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

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

Who thinks that? I mean for them, I know some seem to think it is too much for others TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #6

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 think $10ph is considered the best they can get, rather than a good wage. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2012 #12

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

a young friend of ours, a college graduate (BS in Biology) recently started a new job... mike_c Dec 2012 #28

Who says That So Many Workers Now View $10.00 An Hour As A Good Paying Job? raccoon Dec 2012 #31

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

No, it's amazing that so many employers and politicians view $10/hr as a good paying job. n/t gkhouston Dec 2012 #32