Jul 20, 2015 ... Fifty years ago, the nation's largest employer was GM. And the average GM  employee could send a kid to college for the equivalent then of two weeks' wages . My father, like so many of his generation, went to college only because of the  G.I. Bill. But today, we are saddling our graduating kids with more ...
Recent statements made by Martin O'Malley. Filter: Statements by | Statements  about. Mostly True. More like four weeks. Martin O'Malley · "Fifty years ago, the  average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter's college tuition  on just two weeks wages." — PolitiFact National on Monday, January 25th, 2016.
May 30, 2015 ... Fifty years ago, the nation's largest employer was GM. An average GM employee  could pay for a year's tuition at a state university with two weeks' wages. Today in  America, with dreams of college, a decent paying job, and a secure retirement  slipping beyond the reach of so very many, the American Dream ...
May 15, 2014 ... We also get overtime pay, guaranteed hours and at least two days off a week,  unlike workers in most countries. ... I met Jessica Davis, for example, who works  at a McDonald's in Chicago and has two daughters— one 4 years old and the  other 4 months old. ..... Just compare the results of Toyota and GM.
Oct 25, 2014 ... Bill Maher reminded us a few months back that 50 years ago, the largest  employer was General Motors, where workers earned an equivalent of $50 per ...  "Median-income families in only one major city [Washington DC] can afford the  average price Americans are paying for new cars and trucks nowadays.
Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages.