I've posted this story before, but its apropos and some may not have seen it. And besides, I'm a senior citizen, and you know how we repeat stories all the time.
Hired three kids to help with hay last year. They worked 4 hours, I gave them each $40. One asked me if I bucked bales when I was their age, and how much I got paid. I told them I got minimum wage, $1.25 an hour, so the 4 hours would have been 5 bucks. He looked at his 2 $20 bills,got a big smile, and said "Wow, times have changed." I replied, "They sure have. With my 5 bucks, I could fill my car with gas and have enough left over for a hamburger. How about you?" His smile faded a bit. . .
Yep, in the late '50's, Hershey bars for a nickel, Batman comic book for a dime, pop for a dime. And when I started at Washington State U in 1966, a year's tuition was $399. You could make that, and more, at minimum wage over the summer. Now, a summer's work at minimum wage in Washington ($9.19 an hour, highest in the US) gets you less than half a year's tuition at the same college.
And the hospital bill when I was born in 1948 was $85.00. No, that's not a misprint. And mom was there 3 days, as was the normal practice back then.
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