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Adamaz1ng t1_j6i8pzz wrote

Back when you could put your kid through college working the checkout…

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KnavishBoot t1_j6ihplj wrote

Nope, not even close……you might be able to pay for the books for a semester while working full time & going to class but you ain’t putting anyone through school. Clueless.

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Adamaz1ng t1_j6ijs12 wrote

Not sure what you are getting at, the parent would not be going to class, just the child…

Minimum wage in 1995: $4:25 Yearly: $8,840 Average cost year of college (w/ room and board): $8,800

In the case that there are two parents, both which are working. The sole parent making minimum wage would be able to completely pay for tuition, room, and board.

And that’s also assuming Target only paid minimum wage, the college was not on the cheaper side of average, and the student is living on campus, not commuting/received zero tuition assistance.

It could absolutely be done then, it could not be done today.

Edit: wording.

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TonofSoil t1_j6k150y wrote

OK, what's the annual wage after taxes and things like, you know, food.

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resuwreckoning t1_j6lh0bl wrote

In the 90’s utopia, people didn’t need to eat or have shelter.

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dubiousadvocate t1_j6jccux wrote

Ah yes, another There Once Was A Golden Age! post. Everything was better!

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Adamaz1ng t1_j6jdbco wrote

Not what I am saying at all. I am only comparing the difference between wages and the affordability of college tuition between the 1990’s and today.

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