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Originally Posted by jry
True. Even the Fork Truck drivers in Michigan historically earned the low six figures. Skilled could easily earn over 100K.
Remember, Flint (back in the day) was one of the most prosperous cities in the US. You get that "title" by having a high average wage.
I worked in high ticket retail in downtown Flint during those times. I was 19 or 20. Money was dripping out of folks wallets. Most folks thought it would never end.
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Exactly. And they thought the gravy train would run forever.
To answer the post above this, I don't have a problem with people reaping the rewards of a job, but they treat it like they are entitiled to it. They don't assume they have a base pay of around $56K, they treat their base pay as the ~$90K-100K and spend accordingly. They don't take the extra and save it, or invest it, or do something other than buy a few Jet-skis, and or a summer cottage and such. Then when things do inevitably slow down, they don't get those perks anymore and they are screwed! Then they whine and complain and breed a feeling of contempt towards them. I think even the ~$56K is a bit much for what they do, but I wouldn't gripe it.
The running joke around here when you get a bunch of overtime is "don't be like a Ford worker." Becuase what they do when they get a bunch of overtime is buy things like crazy. But they don't buy them outright, they finance them and soon enough, the overtime runs out and the bank takes them back or they're having a fire-sale in the classisfides.
