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Don Robertson said...
We should all wince at the shocking truth here for the working poor who at long last this year got a now far less than meaningless minimum wage increase out of the Do-Nothing Democratic Congress.
When I was a twelve year old kid just starting out, the minimum wage was a buck an hour (Thanks to Ike). That's what I was paid for the odd jobs I could wrangle out of my surroundings as a twelve year old kid, you know, chump-change for the chump.
In 1962 a gallon of gasoline was 19.9 cents, meaning for the wages I was paid for my hours' work, I could buy five gallons of gasoline.
At $3.00 a gallon, that would mean a twelve year old kid starting out today would need to get $15.00 an hour to meet with this casual measure of the cost living I enjoyed in 1962 as a twelve year old.
And the much more realistic economic truth is, measuring the cost of living against the price of a gallon of gasoline doesn't really give a gage to the effect of the economists' and the politicians' "progress" since gasoline has not risen anywhere near half as fast as most commodities.
In 1962 a loaf of bread was ten cents. A quart of soda pop was a nickel. And it cost my in-laws just $75 to pay for the hospital birth of my wife's youngest brother.
There were no such things then as Auto Inspection Stickers, Auto Insurance, Health Insurance, Pay Day Lenders, Credit Cards, a State Run Lottery, or any other of a broadened host economic vice-evils and increased expenses.
Much more progress like this, and you won't have to worry about the price of gasoline.
For a song, you'll be able to commandeer a human-powered rickshaw for your daily commute just like it used to be possible to do in China.
Just hire someone's twelve year old kid to do it.
What's going on is called, slavery, or, human bondage. It's reducing every human being and every kid to groveling like a starving whore in the streets.
So, when one of these kids today comes up behind you and smashes your brains in for the few measely dollars in your wallet, understand just who and what put them up to it.
It's called progress.
Don Robertson, The American Philosopher
In še malo več branja...
http://www.geocities.com/donaldwrobertson/index.html
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Outside the rain fell dark and slow - While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime
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