Well the point was when she was working that job 2.00 an hour would have been about the equivalent of 14.00 an hour.
She had a very fair wage that provided her enough to live on and that was "great".
But paying someone that same wage now would be disastrous in her mind. She is either evil and realizes the mechanics of inflation at play, or she's just honestly that damn stupid and doesn't know how inflation works.
Which is you know, something you'd like people on the House Budget committee to have a grasp of.