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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:

> Since the time I moved here (12 years ago) there is a very clear separation 
> between those who make minumum wage (or less, like farmers), and the 
> 'professionals'. 'Professional' here means teachers, bank executives, etc., 
> who at most make $50,000, but they are two different worlds.

Absolutely.., for the sake of my argument, I just lumped it together. 
There is a huge standard of living difference just in folks under 50k.

> At 53, I can't even get an interview for a minimum wage job. But that's not 
> the current crisis; jobs have been tight here for years. There are so many 
> applicants for every minimum wage job that they don't even have to interview 
> us 'old ladies'..
>
> > But we aren't worried, Bob, because there will soon be lots of low
> > income burger flipping jobs.<G>
>
> I can only hope :-) The difference between me and the middle class is that I 
> could actually live on minumum wage. I don't have an expensive lifestyle to 
> support.

Sorry Lynn, I wasn't thinking and did not mean to rub salt in the wounds.

B

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