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dixiegrrrrl

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2. I know that in my town, 8.50 an hour is considered "good"

Reply to pinto (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 08:11 AM

Jul 2012

That is what is paid to city street workers, and I think our local police make around the same, maybe as high as 9.00 an hour.
Figure about 20 K a year here as a "good wage"
which really sucks because that is what I was paid in 1990 with a Master's Degree.
isn't that pitiful? Wages have been stagnant for 20 years.
'Course, cost of housing pretty low around here...one small blessing.

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I know that in my town, 8.50 an hour is considered "good" dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #2

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