When was this published? If someone's not being paid $10 an hour today, they can't pay a week's rent.
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I met an old man about 5 years ago. I asked him to tell me what life in the depression was like. He thought for a minute and said, "We used to eat grass."
Then his eyes lit up a bit and he said, "it tastes really good with salt!"
Good Grief! Talk about missing the point!
A person can WORK for ten dollars and hour, get government subsidized housing, food stamps etc. Churches and Civic organizations offer help. But, by gosh, at least do some work and earn something to contribute to your "upkeep"!
If you're single, you can afford rent on ten bucks an hour, but you have to have a roommate. In our area, you can rent an okay 2 bedroom apt (not great, but okay) for $700 a month. Split it with a roommate and rent plus utilities comes out to about 450 per month. That's just about a quarter of someone's salary if they're making 10 bucks an hour, and that's doable. (taxes on $20,000 a year are practically non-existent.)
I remember when after WWII my mother substituted stinging nettle for spinach which used to be my most favorite vegetable. She put flower on the nettles before she chopped them with the knife
In many places, no one, no matter how wiling to work they are, can get a job even for $8.00 an hour.
Go to Home Depot and see the employees they do have standing around with no customers to wait on.
Our Wal-Mart had empty shelves this week. The pet dept. had a sign on the empty shelves—trouble getting stock from suppliers.
I don’t disagree at all with this advice. But anyone who thinks there are jobs for the taking out there doesn’t see the whole picture.
That's the root of this depression -- the drive for ever cheaper and cheaper labor for more than two decades, in an economy where 70% of economic activity is consumer spending (mostly U.S. consumer spending).
The disconnect is nothing short of insanity.