Amethyst
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In 1980 I started as a GS-7 Step 1 at just under $14,000 per year. I had just moved up from Florida, where I'd been earning about $8,000 a year, and thought I'd hit the big time. Then I got my first biweekly paycheck - $212.00! I went pretty hungry for a while.