Dave Smith > fnord
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> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>> "Saerah Gray" > wrote in message
>>> When welfare gives you a higher net income, why work a minimum wage
>>> job?
>>>
>>
>> That is one problem. The Federal minimum wage is ridiculously low
>> and some states are not much better. There should be a time limit
>> though, and possibly some training - job skills help. The other
>> problem is that you have to WANT to do well, educate yourself, be
>> trained and try to earn a living.
>
>
>
> It is interesting to note that the US Senate blocked increases in
> federal minimum wages for years, but over the same period they voted
> themselves a number of raises totaling something like $28,000 per
> year, which is about double annual income of a person earning minimum
> wage.
>

I make less than that 28 G raise, and while we don't go without anything
basic, I don't have room in my budget for much in the way of extras or
savings. I don't know how anyone making minimum wage (currently about
half of what I make per hour) gets by at all.

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Saerah

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