stackyFACTSAh, the roaring thirties, when sweeping the floor was literally a gold mine. As paper money became as worthless as a politician's promise, folks resorted to digging through jewelers' floorboards to salvage microscopic gold dust just to buy a loaf of bread. Minimum wage hits differently when you are inhaling your paycheck.
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