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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 09:31 AM
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15. Depends.
Edited on Mon Jun-13-11 09:32 AM by bemildred
In the late 60s I worked min wage ($1.65/hr) and lived on it (20-ish father of two.) But I also got a good union job with all the benefits without knowing anybody, back then, and most jobs came with benefits. People managed to live on one job most of the time.

Let me put it this way, I made around $3400 as a janitor in 1967, with health coverage, vacation, etc. and I lived on it and supported a wife and two small children.
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