claim: "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."
author: martin o'malley
evidence_1: 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 ...
evidence_2: 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.
evidence_3: 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 ...
evidence_4: 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.
evidence_5: 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.