If you must know, back in 1980, a new Z28 was about $8K. And a 12 year old started off at about $200/week cash. There were dads making less than that. What they had to do at 12 was not much. Sit around and play video games. By 2 years later, you were expected to do a lot more. But you were getting paid a lot more too.
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Yeah maybe so, but if so, only because they were being groomed to be theives, pushers, rapists and murderers. They earned that money by robbing old people of their pension checks, burglaries, breaking into cars, stealing stuff others worked hard for, robbing people who were unable to fight back, selling drugs, stealing cars....yeah, things to really be proud of!!!!! Want to see a truly brave kid? Look at the ones that said no to the gangs. The ones that worked their butts off in school getting an education so they could have better lives that they truly earned. The ones that made something of themselves despite the odds being stacked against them! The ones that walked the streets alone without half a dozen or more guys to back them up if trouble arose. The ones that stayed out of jail because they not only knew the differance between right and wrong but lived by it! They are the ones that have a right to be proud! Not some two bit punk living on easy street at everyones exspense but their own!