The Ford Barn

Dave Mellor NJ · 03-09-2025, 01:16 AM

what the heck do we care

fourfords · 03-09-2025, 02:36 AM

looks like human 'Trafficking'

Ray64 · 03-09-2025, 07:22 AM

maybe a lot of farm workers?

nkaminar · 03-09-2025, 09:15 AM

1,500 pounds of farm workers. More that the rated capacity.

47topless · 03-09-2025, 01:23 PM

On their way to church. Then back home and out to the fields.

old31 · 03-09-2025, 01:54 PM

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I would like to know what the hourly pay was.

Joe K · 03-09-2025, 02:13 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimu..._United_States

Quote:

In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws.[2] The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but later found to be unconstitutional.[3] In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act established it at 25¢ an hour ($5.58 in 2024).[4] Its purchasing power peaked in 1968, at $1.60 ($14.00 in 2024).[4][5][6] In 2009, Congress increased it to $7.25 per hour with the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.[7]

Minimum wage is a hard thing to "quantify" against current market prices. The above comparison assumes the "Inflation Index" is correct - but that has been changed MANY times since the Government started publishing inflation numbers, and each change USUALLY politically motivated to lessen the optics.

I think to the $14,900 annual salary I was paid in my 1977 first year of engineering employment, which according to the current measure, is an annual income of $72,900, which is only slightly below my final year's salary of two years ago. Either engineering is not a good profession for advancement, or the numbers are skewed - and both might be correct.

Joe K

mercman from oz · 03-09-2025, 06:51 PM

Badpuppy · 03-10-2025, 07:01 AM

Not dressed for field work. Candidate driving them to town to vote Republican maybe.

Joe K · 03-10-2025, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Badpuppy

Not dressed for field work. Candidate driving them to town to vote Republican maybe.

Haha, I LOVE the "diversionary" commentary.

One could say they're off to "Make America Agricultural Again.

It takes all kinds to make a nation. The reason we all have differing ideas politically is so that one idea/ideal doesn't become our downfall.

And we should celebrate ourselves, and our founders for THAT ideal.

Joe K

Seth Swoboda · 03-10-2025, 12:07 PM

Jimmy was suprised when he was ticked for having more than one child under the age of 18 in the car with him.

03-09-2025, 02:36 AM	#2
fourfords Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lake Elsinore, CA. Posts: 476	Re: Gang's all here looks like human 'Trafficking'

03-09-2025, 07:22 AM	#3
Ray64 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Grafton,OHIO Posts: 755	Re: Gang's all here maybe a lot of farm workers?

03-09-2025, 09:15 AM	#4
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,860	Re: Gang's all here 1,500 pounds of farm workers. More that the rated capacity. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

03-09-2025, 01:23 PM	#5
47topless Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2022 Location: Northern Colorado Posts: 463	Re: Gang's all here On their way to church. Then back home and out to the fields.

03-09-2025, 01:54 PM	#6
old31 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 2,460	Re: Gang's all here Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I would like to know what the hourly pay was.

03-09-2025, 06:51 PM	#8
mercman from oz Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 12,009	Re: Gang's all here

03-10-2025, 07:01 AM	#9
Badpuppy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Guthrie, OK Posts: 1,247	Re: Gang's all here Not dressed for field work. Candidate driving them to town to vote Republican maybe.

03-10-2025, 12:07 PM	#11
Seth Swoboda Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 4,079	Re: Gang's all here Jimmy was suprised when he was ticked for having more than one child under the age of 18 in the car with him.