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Originally Posted by Racerbvd
Yep, people use to be embarrassed to have food stamps and government assistance, now it is a goal. It is very clear that people's standards have tremendously dropped.
Now people are being brainwashed that they "deserve " X amount of money no matter what the job. Minimum wage was never meant to be anything but a starting point, from there you work your way up. I remember as a kid, Mr Fetzer, who owned Lake Shore Schwinn (family still owns it, but no longer Schwinn) when I started working, I earned $3.35 an hour. Now I was only at that rate a short time as I was motivated. I remember asking Mr Fetzer what it would take to earn more money, his answer was very simple
Part of the problem is right in this story. $3.35 in the early 80's works out to over 11 bucks an hour now, just tracking inflation. Yet that job today is probably well below that.
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But that doesn't change the point at all. It is still true today that if you want to earn more money, you make yourself worth more, be it through education, acquiring new skills, better work ethic ect.
Sometimes that means working more than one job, in the 80s, not only did I work in a bike shop, but also at the shipyards, loading and uploading container ships, generally 12 hour days and some weekend nights I might be bartending, working the door or even relieve the DJ and work the booth for a while. Anyone who wants to make money can if they are willing to work.