Reply #91: I know a bike messenger in NJ who makes over twice that.

[TalkingDog]

Granted...it's Brooklyn, expensive rent and a dangerous job, but I live in Podunk NC and make a little less than that working part-time for a non-profit and for myself....

A friend and I were discussing "advantages" at lunch today. He was born into a white middle class family that owns a 3rd generation small business, he never wanted for much of anything. He has trouble understanding why some people can't seem to ...whatever: get a job, get ahead, and I've been trying to pound it into his head:

Them that's born with boots find it easy to tell them with bare feet to tug up on their bootstraps.