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Gladys Kravitz's Curtains's avatar

Yet I can still do-si-do my ass off if called upon to do so. In truth, being a pudgy self-conscious child in grade school, square dancing lessons was preferable to the horrors of dodge ball or rope climbing.

All the same, F*CK Henry Ford.

demodocus's avatar

No kings visiting, tho

oafishcad's avatar

I should have read better.

Pillbox Hat's avatar

He has the cold dead eyes of a serial killer.

Mormos's avatar

Hitler even gave him a medal.

Jeff Ackerman's avatar

Just read a book about the rise of Nazi Germany and Fascists in Italy. There was mention of the United States paying General Motors and Ford reparations for bombing their factories in Germany after the war ended. The book is Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti.

LeighBowery'sLuxuryComedy's avatar

So - at the lower end of your amounts - the equivalent of between $24 and $36k a year. Pre-tax dollars, one assumes.

Darth Trad's avatar

The history of Fordania, the planned city/rubber manufacturing centre in the Amazon is amazing! Total shitshow.

VooDoo Ranger's avatar

I didn't know that. figures.

Darth Trad's avatar

I found a little factoid from answering a post on Twitter.

By 1940, there were only 30 million privately registered vehicles. Out of a population of 132 millions. It equates to one per household at best. And decades AFTER this revolution in manufacturing. Obviously, the COST of running a car was a bigger factor than just being able to buy one.

Zyxomma's avatar

Speak to the residents of Inkytown.

de van's avatar

Fed minimum wage would give you $14k a year pre tax.There are about 10 different ways to extrapolate relative worth of $ over the years, $5 from 1914 can go up to $600.

de van's avatar

I agree he wasn't a nice guy.

de van's avatar

Moscow Mitch has voted against raising minimum wage about 15 times, because he thinks $7.25 is being overly generous. $7.25 gets you $14,500 a year.