> "Since I was 25 years old and independent I have instructed my staff and secretaries. I have never used a computer in my life,"
What golden cage was this man born in that he had a staff and secretaries at 25?
What golden cage was this man born in that he had a staff and secretaries at 25?
To handle sending and receiving all of their email? Yes.
Following the normal path he’d have been slaving away at a large corporation.
Remember; a Denny's waitress in 1980 has as much or more spending power than the medium salary with a college degree in 2018.
1980 median house price: $47,200 = 15,225 hours of labor
2018 average out of college wage per hour: $20
2018 median house price: $320,000 = 12,800 hours of labor
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Rough calculations with numbers plucked off google, if one wants to quibble over the numbers/data source/proportion of taxes in the calculation/importance of state where one resides/cost of university/etc. we certainly go that route; but the numbers certainly do not seem that dramatically far apart.