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maxrandb

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30. I can't remember where I saw it

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:26 AM

Jul 2025

but there was a report about the large percentage of Walmart workers that qualified and received public assistance to make ends meet.

So, if you think about it, our taxes are subsidizing the payscale at Walmart.

I am sure they are not the only major corporation sucking on that "gubmint" teet.

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The Difference between a 23YO American in 1980, and a 23YO American in 2025 [View all] maxrandb Jul 2025 OP

I was 22 in 1980 and made $4 per hour MichMan Jul 2025 #1

I was 19 in 1980 and I made somewhere in the $3.50-$4.00 range SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #6

Worked in NY in 1980 nowforever Jul 2025 #27

I made $4 an hour in 1970, union job. Ocelot II Jul 2025 #51

I started my teaching career in 1965. pazzyanne Jul 2025 #57

My first year teaching OrangeJoe Jul 2025 #103

I was 15 in 1976 and made $3 an hour working 12 hours a week. haele Jul 2025 #62

I was a Union Carpnter in 1980 and made about $9.00... Woodycall Jul 2025 #74

I was Union Labor in 1980 Seinan Sensei Jul 2025 #104

At the age of 18 in 1977, I was making $1.50 an hour Kaleva Jul 2025 #2

You made $12.60 an hour in 1980? Hard to believe. Katinfl Jul 2025 #3

I have the receipts! maxrandb Jul 2025 #4

I don't doubt it but also think you were exceptionally lucky newdeal2 Jul 2025 #42

So you made $9.00 more an hour in 7 years. Remarkable. Katinfl Jul 2025 #66

I started while still in High School as a part-time cashier maxrandb Jul 2025 #72

I can corroborate that grocery store cashiers in Ohio back then made good money. Diamond_Dog Jul 2025 #102

You are to be believed. North Shore Chicago Jul 2025 #113

It's not that we don't believe you... radical noodle Jul 2025 #92

I was getting $8.50 an hour. hunter Jul 2025 #45

From reading the first two posts here. Omnipresent Jul 2025 #5

*replied to wrong post* SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #7

It was an exceptionally good job maxrandb Jul 2025 #14

Military pay wasn't very good back then. COL Mustard Jul 2025 #40

Yeah, I think my E1 pay was like $350 a month maxrandb Jul 2025 #75

It's funny but I pay more in taxes today COL Mustard Jul 2025 #77

That's odd TnDem Jul 2025 #95

Saturday Night Live TheDemsshouldhireme Jul 2025 #87

I don't know how you did that TnDem Jul 2025 #8

He didn't. That was after seven years, starting at $3.50. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 #23

$3.50 in 1973 was GREAT money TnDem Jul 2025 #26

What happened to this country was the Reagan and Republican embrace of Milton Friedman's economic theories. Lonestarblue Jul 2025 #9

As bad as it was under Reagan, it was even worse under Ford and Carter TnDem Jul 2025 #13

Don't forget 18% interest rates on mortgages. COL Mustard Jul 2025 #53

It has nothing to do with either party TnDem Jul 2025 #41

Yep... but... OldBaldy1701E Jul 2025 #50

It was in the mid to late 80's roughly Hey Joe Jul 2025 #56

Indeed. moondust Jul 2025 #79

Other countries got nice things in the last 45 years. We got Rush Limbaugh, Fox News and Donald Trump. Initech Jul 2025 #94

In 2010 I applied to a glass manufacturer in western PA Orrex Jul 2025 #10

Your experience in 1980... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #11

No, not typical, but it was a solidly middle class job maxrandb Jul 2025 #17

bipartisan policy rampartd Jul 2025 #12

Austerity for the Middle and Poor! Wealth for the already wealthy maxrandb Jul 2025 #15

I moved out of my parents' house in 1980 at age 22 LSparkle Jul 2025 #16

I bought my first car in 1976 maxrandb Jul 2025 #18

I first started working in the 80s Johnny2X2X Jul 2025 #19

I worked at the USPS in a student part time cachukis Jul 2025 #20

As a person who grew up in Cleveland I'd like to know... llmart Jul 2025 #21

Big Bear maxrandb Jul 2025 #29

Somehow I don't remember Big Bear but I lived in the suburbs of NE Ohio. llmart Jul 2025 #31

My birthday is also a Holiday maxrandb Jul 2025 #34

I was born and raised in Cleveland BeerBarrelPolka Jul 2025 #39

Yes, those are the ones I remember. llmart Jul 2025 #65

Well TnDem Jul 2025 #46

My first "real" job. I was 19 (1961) and it was a job with the N.J. Workmen's Comp bureau. $45 per week. 3Hotdogs Jul 2025 #22

Really enjoying the comments via the wayback machine. Young people today NoMoreRepugs Jul 2025 #24

I'm the same age and also an Ohioan mama Jul 2025 #25

Walmart isn't hiring BigMin28 Jul 2025 #28

I can't remember where I saw it maxrandb Jul 2025 #30

That came up the other day on a thread here SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #37

That has been a standard feature of WalMart's business model for many years now from what I have read in the KPN Jul 2025 #44

People don't realize how bad looking for a job is now. Oneironaut Jul 2025 #32

I think TPTB don't realize this. But I totally agree with you. raccoon Jul 2025 #69

$2.35/hr in 1977 pfitz59 Jul 2025 #33

I earned about $10 an hour as an engineer with two degrees. rickford66 Jul 2025 #35

Have a friend who had a job like that Freddie Jul 2025 #36

I appreciate your posts about this. yardwork Jul 2025 #38

In 1980 the inflation rate was 13.50 % Historic NY Jul 2025 #43

Inflation TnDem Jul 2025 #48

Inflation was 12.5% in 1980. Economic contraction was already underway -- decline in gross national income and jobs. KPN Jul 2025 #52

In that era, ForgedCrank Jul 2025 #47

The messaging all along has been that the billionaires and the one-percenters FakeNoose Jul 2025 #49

Shows like "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" are partly to blame.... lastlib Jul 2025 #54

Did you stock Fort Knox? ThreeNoSeep Jul 2025 #55

Thank you and well sad maxrandb, I never tire of this story. c-rational Jul 2025 #58

Younger than you but can relate as a Gen X born in 1970...I can relate JT45242 Jul 2025 #59

I was a teacher in 1980, Ms. Toad Jul 2025 #60

My Dad was also a Mustang sdfernando Jul 2025 #61

If your dad served TnDem Jul 2025 #109

Dad was an artillary officer in Korea. sdfernando Jul 2025 #114

Thanks to Ronald Reagan. Martin68 Jul 2025 #63

One impoverishing fad after another PATRICK Jul 2025 #64

I'm right there with 'ya Patrick bagimin Jul 2025 #80

I was working for Fisher Foods in Ohio in 1968, just out of high school..... FadedMullet Jul 2025 #67

Thanks! I guess that's my point maxrandb Jul 2025 #70

The right wing in Ohio went nuts when the legislature considered a $15.00 an hour minimum wage a while ago, while.... FadedMullet Jul 2025 #115

It's not what "we" did, it's what "they" did Wicked Blue Jul 2025 #68

Unrealized cap gains LiberalBear Jul 2025 #71

In 1970 Mblaze Jul 2025 #73

I started working in 1984 iirc and made 3.45 thatdemguy Jul 2025 #76

It seems like people don't want to believe you. 1WorldHope Jul 2025 #78

Gas was actually more expensive back then Kaleva Jul 2025 #83

My Friend's Dad owned a 76 Station in Stockton in 1989ish.. StocktonNative Jul 2025 #97

Some interesting facts Kaleva Jul 2025 #110

Same dcmfox Jul 2025 #81

This helps to understand the rise of conspiracy theories and widespread corruption. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2025 #82

I thought I was doing good when I managed to pick up slightlv Jul 2025 #84

Ronald Reagan wryter2000 Jul 2025 #85

1980 TheDemsshouldhireme Jul 2025 #86

ah yup! well put. bluboid Jul 2025 #88

Lived it. joanbarnes Jul 2025 #89

US societal decline during my life span, divided into fractional Thirds Dock_Yard Jul 2025 #90

I was 23 in 1980 and grossed $10,000 a year ... Auggie Jul 2025 #91

they keep rebranding tinkle down + still is claptrap. even in my teens when reagan ran on it it sounded stoopid. pansypoo53219 Jul 2025 #93

My Mom was a Stockton Unified School District Secretary... StocktonNative Jul 2025 #96

"No longer valued labor, we valued wealth." I think you nailed it! Rec. Evolve Dammit Jul 2025 #98

$12.60 in 1980 is $49.32 today..... madville Jul 2025 #99

I've seen this before TimeToGo Jul 2025 #100

Did you work for a relative? I grew up in Ohio, and no one I knew made that much money. phxjurist Jul 2025 #101

It's not just America over the decades, it is a global thing. Aussie105 Jul 2025 #105

I find it really hard to believe that you made $12.60 an hour working as a grocery stock clerk in 1980 Jack Valentino Jul 2025 #106

That's a union job. I was making $3.50 an hour in Arkansas working construction non-union Weyerheauser contractor. rickyhall Jul 2025 #107

I am 63 and agree 100%! BigmanPigman Jul 2025 #108

Absolutely 💯 benfranklin1776 Jul 2025 #111

$2.35 as a library assistant in 1978, and $13 on my first co-op term in 1982. lostnfound Jul 2025 #112

Just a final follow up post maxrandb Jul 2025 #116