• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    In 1960, minimum wage in the US was $1.00/hour and the cost of the average home was $11,000.

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        1 year ago

        If they were born during the baby boom of WWII soldiers returning home then they would be 14 or 15. Probably about 3 years from getting married and buying their house.

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          1 year ago

          So not in any power, and definitely not working.

          And those were the old ones