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.
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.
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