Ask yourself this....

Posted By: mt on 2008-10-24
In Reply to: I don't know what everybody has to complain about. sm - Tracey

In 10 years, if you're pay goes down about half and you're making $5-6 an hour....will you say you have nothing to complain about?

That's why we complain. Many have lost as much as half their income in the last few years. Our wages didn't just fail to rise, they actually went down.

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I don't know what everybody has to complain about. sm - Tracey
- bless your heart for thinking $10-12/hour is good money - nm - Deb
  - My thoughts exactly... - nm
  - pay - tryinghard
  - did you ever notice - I need to get one of those (husband)
    - I'm the "bread winner" in my family - Not necessarily
- I just would like sm - CrispyCritterMT
- How on earth do you make $10-$12 - Tellme
- To all the whiners, this is sm - Food for thought
  - But we're not paid by bytes anymore..sm - mt
  - about themselves? Help the rest of us - Sombody feels good
    - take Amanda's challenge. it's down a lot of posts with a fire tag.NM - mt2
      - I'd gladly take the challenge if there was any freaking WORK to do..! - Idle MT looking for more work nm
  - I'm sorry, but am I the only one... - MT
    - lol--no. I didn't get it either. Thought my brain was fried.. - mt
      - I thought it might have been - MT
  - do you know how rare 9.3 cpl is? - moon1010
- I guess if I was married - Jodi
  - You ask anybody in any profession - mtmt
    - couldnt agree with you more - MT55
- REALLY? - still typing
  - May be so but don't forget they don't work all year - Backwards typist
  - Let's all ditch our keyboards and go pave some roads?..nm - HeidiHo
- Ask yourself this.... - mt
  - My DH is a programmer and was making $200k in the 90s, now at $85k. sm - NeutralObserver
    - That was my whole point! I was not trying to offend anyone. nm - Tracey
  - I kind of have to agree here. - Love working from home, but there are no
  - Mine is less than it was 10 years ago nm - True
    - ok, I apologize. I do sympathize with and understand with you seansoned MTs but...sm - Tracey
      - You're right, i spend way too much time on this board when should be working, I am just so burned - just chilling
      - The construction workers are not all - uneducated either. Not to be unkind.

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