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<blockquote data-quote="TechGrrl" data-source="post: 588024" data-attributes="member: 4932">In 1974, tuition was $750 a semester.&nbsp; I was getting paid $4.50 an hour.&nbsp; That&#039;s about $5800 a year.&nbsp; After Tax, maybe $4900.&nbsp; Minus $1500 for tuition, another couple hundred for books.&nbsp; Leaving me $3200 to pay livings expenses for the car, insurance, etc.&nbsp; I lived at home and paid my parents $100 a month for board.&nbsp; They were old fashioned and didn&#039;t want to take money from their kids.&nbsp; But they didn&#039;t pay anything else for me and my sister.&nbsp; We each paid our own way.Nowadays, same school is charging $12,000 a semester, and part time pay starts at what, $8.50 an hour, goes all the way up to maybe $10 if you hang around long enough?&nbsp; In state tuition in Kentucky is around $4100 per semester.&nbsp; So if you make $9/hr, and work 20 hours a week (Air hub rarely goes 5 hours) You make $9300.&nbsp; After taxes, maybe $8000.You can disagree with me all you like on issues and political outlook, but calling me a liar on a part of my life I remember all too well is b.s. on your part.&nbsp; UPS has been very, very good to me over 34 years, and I have no complaints on the rewards I have been able to accumulate through hard work, innovation, and smart investing.&nbsp; Because of UPS, I am fortunate to be in the top 5% of the working class.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t change my opinion that today&#039;s kids who are growing up in circumstances that are the same ones I grew up in don&#039;t have near the opportunity to pull themselves up.&nbsp; In the economy, OR at UPS!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TechGrrl, post: 588024, member: 4932"] In 1974, tuition was $750 a semester. I was getting paid $4.50 an hour. That's about $5800 a year. After Tax, maybe $4900. Minus $1500 for tuition, another couple hundred for books. Leaving me $3200 to pay livings expenses for the car, insurance, etc. I lived at home and paid my parents $100 a month for board. They were old fashioned and didn't want to take money from their kids. But they didn't pay anything else for me and my sister. We each paid our own way. Nowadays, same school is charging $12,000 a semester, and part time pay starts at what, $8.50 an hour, goes all the way up to maybe $10 if you hang around long enough? In state tuition in Kentucky is around $4100 per semester. So if you make $9/hr, and work 20 hours a week (Air hub rarely goes 5 hours) You make $9300. After taxes, maybe $8000. You can disagree with me all you like on issues and political outlook, but calling me a liar on a part of my life I remember all too well is b.s. on your part. UPS has been very, very good to me over 34 years, and I have no complaints on the rewards I have been able to accumulate through hard work, innovation, and smart investing. Because of UPS, I am fortunate to be in the top 5% of the working class. That doesn't change my opinion that today's kids who are growing up in circumstances that are the same ones I grew up in don't have near the opportunity to pull themselves up. In the economy, OR at UPS! [/QUOTE]

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