On Sep 15, 9:18*pm, Saerah Gray > wrote:
> John Kane > :
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> >Om wrote:
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> >> Did I ever mention an amount? Is welfare less than minimum wage?
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> > Perhaps you should call your local welfare office and ask?
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> > You might find it suprising. *Texas minimum wage is $6.55 apparently.
> >http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm#Texas
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> > I don't know enough about Texas and US laws and terminology to easily
> > track down the welfare equivelent.
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> > Welfare *is well below the minumum wage *in Ontario *$520 pear month
> > according to this site *
> >http://www.uclg.ca/en/services/ontar...assistance.asp
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> > Ontario minimum wage is $8 / hr. *or roughly $1200 per month (assuming
> > a 40 hour week)
> >http://lpaula.wordpress.com/2007/02/...e-hike-canada/
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> > Ergo 520/1200 is roughly 43% of the minumum wage.
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> Thanks for looking all that up so I didn't have to
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> Saerah

No problem, I do that type of thing for a living so it only took a
couple of minutes.
BTW that works out to $3.47 CDN an hour.

I'd like to know what the Texas rate is.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada