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On 5/17/2019 3:07 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 2:27:17 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 May 2019 10:56:01 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 1:47:27 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2019 03:38:01 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:55:04 AM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:34:53 -0500, Sqwertz >
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> snip
>>>>>>> Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
>>>>>>> be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
>>>>>>> Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
>>>>>>> U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
>>>>>>> brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
>>>>>>> restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>> Back in those days you could buy a whole brisket for $.89/pound.
>>>>>> Prices just aren't what they used to be.
>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>>> And wages are higher, too. Food costs in general are quite low,
>>>>> even if meat prices have increased a lot in the past few years.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>
>>>> wages are higher for some people
>>>
>>> Wages are higher for everybody. Not as much at the bottom end
>>> as the top, of course.
>>>
>>> Do you have an example of someone making less money for the
>>> same work now compared to 10 years ago?
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton

>>
>> no. what I meant was that rising costs are out stripping the rising
>> costs of food for many people on the bottom portion of the wage scale.
>> I do not mean to start an argument about it

>
> Sound like I was basically agreeing with you. People at the bottom
> are suffering, but more because of factors that aren't rising food
> prices.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

When I graduated high school the minimum was was $1.55. Adjusted for
inflation, today it would be $10.41 Obviously, many states did not keep
up.

If you've been in the workforce for a number of years, plug in some
numbers to see how well you've fared over the years.
https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm