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Re:Want to Help People? Just Give Them Money by Camillo on Friday March 29, 2013 @05:37PM (#5463166)
In 2001, minimum wage was $5.15/hr. 5.15 * 40 * 52 = 10712 for a full-time minimum wage job if you work every week.

In 1990, with $3.80 minimum wage, that would have been 7904. I think your calculations are wrong.

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Re:Want to Help People? Just Give Them Money by maxerickson on Friday March 29, 2013 @06:53PM (#5463461)
I don't think so. Maybe you misread what I said?

"'only' 3700 hours" probably wasn't the best way to phrase it, but I was trying to establish that it would have been possible to earn $14,000 at low wage jobs in 1990, and it seems like it would have been.

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Re:Want to Help People? Just Give Them Money by Camillo on Saturday March 30, 2013 @12:53PM (#5465945)
I did misread, sorry.
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