Income vs outgo for scrappers 1970 vs 2011

I wasn't old enough to work in 1971 but when I did start working I made minimum wage ($3.10). By the time I left school I was well past minimum wage with no looking back. No I never intended to raise a family on that kind of money so I don't know what these idiots today are whining about. Prime rate back then was around 18% and Reagan's policy hadn't had an impact yet and the economy was in the crapper.

Minimum wage has not quite tripled yet but close. Gas was 1.00-1.25 a gallon back then and triple now. Not sure what beef prices were back then but until the past couple of years I considered them to be reasonable. I do the shopping and cooking so also in charge of the food budget and do not like the current trend in beef and dairy.

I'm not going to disclose my income but it's many times from where I started at $3.10. I count my blessings to have been able to get where I am as a high school drop out.

Am I happy with the current state of the USA? NO, but I am happy with my direction and goals and will continue to show up at the voting booth and hope that others are seeking change as well. I seriously think that if voters took a serious inventory of their beliefs and standards they would wonder why they vote the way they do. Neither party is great but with the current system we have, a vote for a third party is pretty much a wasted vote so I will vote they way I think will have an actual impact.

The one thing that has effected my economy is the lack of Immigration Enforcement.



Mike I'm picking up what your throwing down but, the one thing that has always kept me going is finding the positive in bad situation and building from there.