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Living Wage vs. Minimum Wage
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Posted on 02/15/2007 10:16:06 AM PST by hophead
Living Wage vs. Minimum Wage (November 1, 2006): With all of the debate recently over raising the minimum wage, more needs to be said about requiring employers to pay a living wage.
A living wage is considered to be a rate of pay for a 40-hour week that allows the wage earner to afford housing, food, utilities, transport, health care and a certain amount of recreation."
TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: livingwage; minimumwage
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To: Beelzebubba
Where do you live? Sharing one room in a modest townhouse = $500, plus utilities, $200. Are you seriously suggesting that a single person who is not obese can get by on $25 a week for food? When milk is $4 a gallon and hamburger is $4 a pound? I don't think so. Show me a good health insurance policy for a single person that costs $100 a month. Of course, if you do go to the doctor the health insurance copay will be $15-45. Dental care, transportation, clothing--you are crazy if you think a person could live with any dignity on that amount.
I do know people in my area who are living humbly on $20K a year. Where I live, $14000 is legally considered the poverty level, and it truly is. You could not even have your own bedroom on that sum much less an apartment.
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02/15/2007 4:51:52 PM PST
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Fairview
To: Fairview
Sounds like you live in something other than the type of town and area I suggested.
Of course, living at Mom's house is another option if you won't live where 2BR apartments go for $500/mo.
And $4 hamburger is absurd. Rib roast is $6/pound at costco. No one should expect to shop at Whole Foods when on minimum wage.
And don't forget the free food at your job!
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02/15/2007 5:08:45 PM PST
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Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: Beelzebubba
You make some good points. I can't help but think of Steve Martin "The Jerk" inventing the Optigraph. Only to lose it all and be happy broke.
To: hophead
A "Living Wage" is unequal pay for equal work.
To: A. Pole
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02/15/2007 6:59:40 PM PST
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Nowhere Man
(Pansy: 1987 - 2006, I miss you, Princess. RIP. Say "Hi" to Greystone for me)
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