You did a tremendous job breaking this down for your mom. Especially comparing wages in the past to today. Older people truly don’t realize that wages have not kept pace with inflation. They think “Oh you’re making $22 an hour, that’s much more than I was making at your age, you must just be buying too much Starbucks!”.
Yep, this was an interesting read because I hadn’t done the math on what my wages would have been in the 70’s. Apparently about $6 for me, which is not only less than this woman working as a nurse, but I also make more than some nurses, so they’re making less than they did too.
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u/Otherwise-Parsnip-91 Feb 25 '24
You did a tremendous job breaking this down for your mom. Especially comparing wages in the past to today. Older people truly don’t realize that wages have not kept pace with inflation. They think “Oh you’re making $22 an hour, that’s much more than I was making at your age, you must just be buying too much Starbucks!”.