CM>      I am 43 yrs old now, and when I was 12 I could work two hrs and
CM>      make $6. cutting grass... a 16 oz coke was a dime, a gal of gas
CM>      was 16 cents and a gal of milk was 39 cent...beef was 31 cent a
CM>      pound and breed was less that 15 cent. where were you before
CM>      Johnson ? Oh and wages we so low a family only needed one parent
CM>      working to have a nice place to live and a good car to drive
CM>      and could send a kid to college . Yes low wages add still all that
CM>      before greed and intrest hikes!!!
CM> 
CM>      need I say more really?
Charles, FYI, I'm 45, and where I come from, (Southern California), 31 years 
ago, $3.00 an hour in 1966 was quite a bit of money.  I didn't start making 
that much on my regular jobs until 1973.  (Not from the generosity of the 
people overpaying me.)  When I was mowing lawns, I was lucky to get a buck an 
hour for it.  (Large lawns, and large expenses in the area.)  
 
Costs vary greatly depending upon the region where a person lives.  I don't 
know what housing costs or anything else costs where you live, but I'm sure 
that the idea of paying #650 a month for a studio apartment in a slum to you 
is rediculous, but here it's a fact of life.  
 
In the 1950's and 60's, both my parents had to work to afford a house, and to 
put my sister through college.  This was at a time when jobs were many and 
workers few.  Now the situation is reversed, there are few jobs, and 
multitudes are looking, (in this area).  
 
Don't judge others by your circumstances.  
 
Dennis Martin
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