On Sat, 18 May 2013 23:15:54 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> My friend who waits tables and also helps with the
> catering has done it all of her life. Why? Because it is what she likes to
> do. But it is a very low paying job for her. And from what she has told me
> that is the going wage there. I can't remember what she said but something
> like just over $2 an hour.

Being a hotel banquet waiter can be quite a lucrative career... as is
being a banquet bartender. The name of the game is "tips".

> That's in TX. I also think TX is hurting in the job community.

Texas has no income tax and low business taxes, so they're not hurting
for jobs. Manufacturing is moving to the South in general because of
less regulation and lower cost of living aka: wages. The rest of us
are supposed to ignore that those states have the Walmart mentality
and always put their hands out to the Federal government whenever
there's a problem.

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