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pnwmom

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33. Minimum wage back then was $2.50 an hour, so he making double the minimum.

Reply to SoCalDem (Reply #23)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 08:04 PM

Mar 2012

A forty hour week back then would have paid $100.

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I don't know what he made, but it was not a lot SoCalDem Mar 2012 #23

Minimum wage back then was $2.50 an hour, so he making double the minimum. pnwmom Mar 2012 #33

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