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hobbit709

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6. And that's not even counting what it costs for rent.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sun Sep 22, 2013, 06:46 AM

Sep 2013

When I first came to Austin in 1974 you could work 25 hrs/wk at minimum wage and pay your rent, eat and go out once a week with the money you made.
Now if you work 40 hrs/wk at minimum wage, you're sleeping under the overpass because that won't even pay the rent.

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Stretching your Jackson ain't what it used to be... [View all] MrScorpio Sep 2013 OP

Yes, but Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #1

Don't be evin' rude.. n/t. PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author trusty elf Sep 2013 #8

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Sep 2013 #3

K&R! Cha Sep 2013 #4

In 1961, I could buy groceries for the month on that. Cleita Sep 2013 #5

It's gotten to where the only produce a person on a fixed income LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #7

I remember the first time my Mother spent $20 at the grocery store Link Speed Sep 2013 #13

I had the same reaction the first time I had to spend Cleita Sep 2013 #16

And that's not even counting what it costs for rent. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #6

The problem is not food price inflation Major Nikon Sep 2013 #9

even my Johnson don't stretch as far as it used to... KG Sep 2013 #10

I all for a living wage , now Cryptoad Sep 2013 #11

What's in the cart? Heywood J Sep 2013 #12

I don't recall being able to buy a cartful of groceries for $20 in 1998 gollygee Sep 2013 #14

I agree on all counts, that graph is stretching it a bit. n/t Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #17

It appears a little exagerated. PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #15