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Jun 13, 2021 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
@kittynouveau I started working a paycheck paying job at 14. The federal minimum wage? $2.30 an hour. What are servers and many food service workers making 44 years later? $2.15 an hour.
I'm 58 and still having to work minimum or close to minimum wage jobs. Yes, I have a degree. Back at it 2.
@kittynouveau 2/ I'm higher educated. I grew up true middle to upper middle class. My parents were the first generation off the farm/off the line. My adult life hasn't been 9-5 though, at times, I've strove for such. What did working from 14-34, becoming an unpaid family member caregiver the