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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverSurfer, post: 1047196, member: 21603&quot;]Minimum wage </p><p>72-$1.60</p><p>&#039;78-$2.65</p><p>&#039;82-$3.35</p><p>&#039;85-$3.35</p><p>&#039;93-$4.25</p><p>&#039;95-$4.25</p><p>&#039;00-$5.15</p><p><br /></p><p>New Car vs. minimum wage.</p><p>1800/1.60=1125</p><p>5500/2.65=2075</p><p>12000/3.35=3582</p><p>14000/3.35=4179</p><p>10000/4.25=2352</p><p>19000/4.25=4470</p><p>21000/5.15=4077</p><p><br /></p><p>For giggles, 2011 Buick Enclave ~$35000</p><p>Minimum wage $7.25</p><p>35000/7.25=4827</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t been making as many posts here as I used to.&nbsp; Honestly, I&#039;m not very happy with this site.&nbsp; It is obvious to me that the people who come and post here aren&#039;t concerned with inflation.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t concerned with minimum wage.&nbsp; Nor are the concerned about the poor economic state of our nation.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is becoming obvious to me that people here are part of the haves.&nbsp; All they care about is that they&#039;re taxes aren&#039;t increased, they can buy air conditioners, TVs, and trips to Paris.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I am a troll, hiding under a bridge, you darn billy goats.&nbsp; But I&#039;m not the only one.&nbsp; I&#039;m starting to think that some of the trolls here work for banks or are heavily invested in the stock market.&nbsp; I don&#039;t need to name any names, as Jesus said, you will know them by their fruits.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sorry to say that this is goodbye.&nbsp; I hope that people can and did learn something from my posts.&nbsp;&nbsp; And it might be asking a little too much, but I hope that they can find it in their hearts to care a little.&nbsp; Care about the poor man that is being evicted, because he lost his job no fault of his own.&nbsp; Care about the people who have to go to soup kitchens to feed their kids at the end of the day.&nbsp; Care about the state of our national debt and if they don&#039;t want to pass this debt on to their grandchildren, will find it in their hearts to be agreeable to have their taxes raised.</p><p><br /></p><p>Truth is, the wealth in the U.S. is more unbalanced than it is in many places we call banana republics.&nbsp; And what caused this disparity, the lowering of taxes.&nbsp; Call it socialist, but taxes are supposed to take away from the haves that have too much and give to the have nots, when they need it.&nbsp; We all know that consumer spending is what drives our economy, 90% of the population owns only 10% of the wealth.&nbsp; And the bottom %50, have no wealth at all, they are indebted.</p><p><br /></p><p>God bless and Merry Christmas, you scrooges![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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