Back in 1960 this story is in the UK and we were never paid in dollars.
If a minimum wage worker wanted a jaguar his mam would have clipped him round the ear and told him to get a grip.
Edit: there’s some confusion that I’ve conflated minimum wage with teenagers… But here. In the North of England, we still have multigenerational houses in the working class… And more than that. If I act like a dafty, my Mam would still happily travel across town to clip me and I’m an old man.
If a minimum wage worker wanted a jaguar his mam would have clipped him round the ear and told him to get a grip.
That’s a bit beside the point, innit? Whether the wealth inequality started high enough that it was unattainable then, it’s surely a bigger gap now, right?
Side note.
Back in 1960, minimum wage was $1.00/hour and a new Jaguar was about $6,000.00
If a minimum wage worker really wanted one, he could buy a supercar. $1.00 x 40 x 52 =2,080. Three years ot buy the car.
$15.00 x 40 x 52 = 31,000. Ten years work to buy that car.
Back in 1960 this story is in the UK and we were never paid in dollars.
If a minimum wage worker wanted a jaguar his mam would have clipped him round the ear and told him to get a grip.
Edit: there’s some confusion that I’ve conflated minimum wage with teenagers… But here. In the North of England, we still have multigenerational houses in the working class… And more than that. If I act like a dafty, my Mam would still happily travel across town to clip me and I’m an old man.
That’s a bit beside the point, innit? Whether the wealth inequality started high enough that it was unattainable then, it’s surely a bigger gap now, right?
I like the way you buy into the myth that the only people who make minimum wage are teenagers.
That’s a mythical myth that isn’t true. Hence, calling it a myth.
I like the way you assume that anyone in the UK who has a mam that would clip them is a teenager.
You made a massive assumption on how the working class lives here.
Well yeah, gotta denigrate the youth so we can ignore systemic problems.
Three years of not paying tax or buying food, but I get your point