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In reply to the discussion: Mike Johnson says if Trump wins and Republicans expand their House majority and take the Senate... [View all]maxrandb
(15,486 posts)I keep pointing this out. In 1980, I was a Stock Clerk at a Big Bear Grocery Store in Columbus, OH. I made $12.60 an hour, time and a half for overtime, double-time on Sundays and Holidays, and even got 8 hours of pay for my birthday.
The owners of Big Bear were still immensely wealthy.
$12.60 an hour in 1980, would equal $96K a year in today's money. Any full-time Stock Clerk at Kroger making $96K a year today?
Immense wealth isn't enough for today's CEOs. They want it ALL!
That's what has changed in this country since the RAY-Gun revolution. We no longer value labor, we just value wealth.
Anyway, left that job in June 1980 to join the Navy. Retired in Apr 2010. Served under Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II and Obama.
Watched the Middle Class get absolutely FUCKING destroyed by trickle-down bullshit.