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struggle4progress

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5. The current HHS poverty threshold for a one-person household is around $11500 and for

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 08:08 PM

Nov 2013

a two person household is around $15500

$7.25/hr is about $14000 a year: a single person, very carefully living on that, won't have $7 left over at the end of a typical day

So it's barely enough for one person and not nearly enough for two

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End Minimum Wage Law - Create Millions Of More Jobs [View all] TheMastersNemesis Nov 2013 OP

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The current HHS poverty threshold for a one-person household is around $11500 and for struggle4progress Nov 2013 #5

yeah, worthless jobs that don't pay shit gopiscrap Nov 2013 #6