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Indy Coug · 07-09-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

I don't know how old your father is, but depending on the time frame, 20k is a very respectable salary.

My first job at Beneficial Life was barely over $20K in 1995.

ERCougar · 07-09-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

I don't know how old your father is, but depending on the time frame, 20k is a very respectable salary.

I made 24K on my first job out of BYU. In 1997. I would have loved to take an inflation-adjusted 20K job.

il Padrino Ute · 07-09-2008, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

I don't know how old your father is, but depending on the time frame, 20k is a very respectable salary.

True.

When my parents were first married (1960), they were both school teachers and had a combined yearly salary of $6,600.

Brian · 07-09-2008, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Why do the rich keep getting richer, and the middle class is stagnant? Because of market forces, or because of a system set up by the govt. that rewards the already rich?

Because most people don't know how to make and keep money.

MikeWaters · 07-09-2008, 04:16 PM

Did you all have 3 kids and a wife to feed, and a house you had just bought? Probably not.

What if you made that 24k, and then you lost your job? For a time, my father, with a fairly new PhD, worked as a custodian and delivered newspapers.

Tex · 07-09-2008, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Did you all have 3 kids and a wife to feed, and a house you had just bought? Probably not.

What if you made that 24k, and then you lost your job? For a time, my father, with a fairly new PhD, worked as a custodian and delivered newspapers.

What year was this, Mike, just so we have a point of reference?

Jeff Lebowski · 07-09-2008, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

True.

When my parents were first married (1960), they were both school teachers and had a combined yearly salary of $6,600.

I remember when my dad's salary was $600 per month. Early 70's.

My FIL made less than that.

Indy Coug · 07-09-2008, 04:18 PM

My salary has greatly exceeded the rate of inflation over the last 13 years because I have continued to enhance my educational background, learn new skills and accumulated a broad wealth of work experience in different actuarial disciplines.

MikeWaters · 07-09-2008, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

What year was this, Mike, just so we have a point of reference?

early 80s.

Brian · 07-09-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

My first job at Beneficial Life was barely over $20K in 1995.

in SLC? I worked there during college.
I got paid to sit and do homework all evening. Occaisionally, the computer would beep, and I'd go switch tape reels. Great job.

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MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Did you all have 3 kids and a wife to feed, and a house you had just bought? Probably not. What if you made that 24k, and then you lost your job? For a time, my father, with a fairly new PhD, worked as a custodian and delivered newspapers.

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Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	My salary has greatly exceeded the rate of inflation over the last 13 years because I have continued to enhance my educational background, learn new skills and accumulated a broad wealth of work experience in different actuarial disciplines.