> from about 1945 until around 2000 in the USA there really wasn't such a thing as "a job that doesn't pay enough to live on". Also, this is flatly wrong in th

> from about 1945 until around 2000 in the USA there really wasn't such a thing as "a job that doesn't pay enough to live on". Also, this is flatly wrong in that the wage laws were crafted specifically to enforce certain jobs not paying enough to live on. In particular, US labor & minimum-wage laws have exemptions for the types of labor which was commonly associated with disfavored groups. As a result, those jobs have been poorly paid ~forever. Example jobs: agriculture, food service, hospitality, personal care.