Tag Archives: Minimum Wage

This Is How Much A Billion Dollars Is…

Posted on March 26, 2019 by theboeskool

If you made $50k a year, and you didn’t ever spend one penny of it — you just put that money into safe keeping and saved it up — do you know how long you would have to work to … Continue reading →

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Minimum Wage On A Rich Man’s Island

Posted on January 21, 2014 by theboeskool

The hardest job I’ve ever done I did for $7 an hour. It was the summer before I left for college, and I spent that hot summer working for a local landscaper in my hometown. Most of the work wasn’t that … Continue reading →