On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:41:34 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Bryan wrote:
>>
>> I remember the minimum wage going up from $2.30 to $2.65. I was 17
>> and living on my own on a full time minimum wage job. Soon after
>> getting the raise to $2.65, I got promoted and got a raise to $3.00.
>
>Don't remember the time frame but my first hourly job was 1.65 minimum wage.

My first job was considered farm work- planting trees during 'spring
break' in high school. I was hired at $.85, but the feds raised the
rate to $1.00 before we started. I made $60 that week-- after
taxes. I was rich.

Jim