Luger vrs Inflation~

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

Federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr = $290/wk. Before taxes.

Just for perspective.

--Dwight

That's below the poverty level.

10 tear old children making Nike sneakers in Bangladesh make more than that...

Just for S&G, I downloaded the Military Pay Scale for 1971 (my last year of active duty, L/Cpl in USMC)...

http://www.dfas.mil/militarymembers/...ay-charts.html

$333.60/mo, $166.80/payday for me (L/Cpl under 2)...

I seem to recall $197/payday (every two weeks) but I was overseas at the time...Maybe overseas pay???

Anyway, that works out to $2.46/hr for a 40 hr week...A draft beer at the Enlisted Club was $.25...

We were always broke...