Loading ...@silverngold re We earned every penny we got so we were careful how we spent it,
Comment: We all had a lot more money to spend back then with a $1.40/hr min wage. Plus we never had to borrow, no credit cards. A three year loan for a new car was a piece of cake to pay off in 18 months.
No medical insurance. Dr came to the house for $5. If your kid broke his leg you took out a loan to pay for it if you were sloppy with your savings. Savers paid cash for Dr and Hospital child birth. NOBODY owned a Honda or Toyota. Mostly a Ford or Chevy, we lived good until the USA had shot gun marriages with communists, China and Russia. etc. A little wise ass sarcasm now.
If I were back in school I’d like the teachers to advise us to …
#1 Get a job as teacher fireman, or police man. Retire after 20 years service and start your own business and enjoy the defined benefit payments and life time health insurance.
#2 Any job that can NOT be out sourced to other countries.
#3 Try for any gov’t taxpayer supported job, pay and benefits are good. Post office highway dent parks debt etc. Town village county state federal etc.
#4 Avoid working for ANY small businesses, with less than 1000 – 2,000 employees. Especially unionized businesses. Its important for private sector employees to be self sufficient, be able to support tax absorbers and not be a burden on tax payers
#5 Stay away from any manufacturing jobs UNLESS you intend to eventually be an owner of a shop or factory.
#6 Start out working for a plumber, electrician, carpenter, roofer, duct work, cement work etc so as to learn the business then quit the job and start your own business, self employment. They are all real estate related tasks, and can NOT be transferred to other nations.
#7 Occupations in private sector supported by gov’t. like any global warming related jobs, national defense, airlines, real estate, auto mechanics, (benefit from clean air requirement). Infrastructure, roads bridges etc.
Note lots of teachers firemen and police have parents that were teachers and cops. They advise their kids to do the same. But teachers are MUM in the class room about that.