Storm is COMING!!

[CoffeeCat]

107. Exactly…I remember during the summers in college...

…I could get a full-time, minimum-wage job--and make a living. I could make a payment on a modest, used car and pay for my rent, utilities, groceries and I had enough to live on and buy clothes and other essentials.

Seriously. I doubt that could be done now.

I also remember growing up in the 1970's in our "Wonder Years" neighborhood. The guy down the street was a convenience-store manager. He raised a family, they took vacations, had nice cars and he paid for their college. He wasn't a white-collar worker. He was an average working guy. Our neighborhood was filled with people like this. Teachers, factory workers, blue-collar workers, people who worked in manufacturing jobs. They made a decent living.

Now, people who work in many of those jobs--are barely making it.

Our standard of living is too high today, as well. As someone mentioned--if you want cable, internet and a cell phone--that's $200 a month. Grocery prices…don't even get me started. Everything costs too much.