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Originally Posted by peelerec
There is no winning as others have stated. What I am curious on as I am ignorant with history, is how the minimum wage was a livable wage before the 70's. What has changed?
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In the late '60s minimum wage in California was $1.65 an hour. That's what I got working at a grocery store bagging groceries in high school. There's no way that was a livable wage. I lived at home but there was no way I could have lived on my own. When I wanted to make more, I found jobs that paid more with more skill required and more responsibility. At the time we thought of it as entry level employment to get some experience working. You've got to start somewhere.
I don't have a suggested solution to the current situation. I'm just saying that people have to start somewhere if they don't have experience and/or work skills.