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Warpy

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26. Well, that's an average and you won't be able to be real particular

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 06:11 PM

Mar 2012

meaning the living space might be a camper shell on cinderblocks, true story about how a lot of marginal workers in this state live. If you're lucky, it's in a campground where you can shower and use an indoor toilet year round. If you're not lucky, it's a derelict trailer out in the desert and you have no electricity, no running water, and no sanitation. People still find those conditions superior to being warehoused at night in dormitory conditions with a couple of hundred strangers at the shelters.

Some of the unofficial "towns" of working poor in this state are as bad as you find across the border in Mexico.

And that's what you get for your 55 hours a week at minimum wage. If you can get 55 hours a week these days.

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The Truth About The Minimum Wage That Will Make You Gasp [View all] Playinghardball Mar 2012 OP

Astounding... ohheckyeah Mar 2012 #1

Multigenerational and multifamily housing arrangements. stillwaiting Mar 2012 #4

I've been living with my parents since 06 tech3149 Mar 2012 #20

You're one of the lucky ones. Some parents are so screwed up, Trillo Mar 2012 #30

multi-generational living has long been normal in this country hfojvt Mar 2012 #32

slavery. nt magical thyme Mar 2012 #5

Live? Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #6

It's not even enough to exist.... WCGreen Mar 2012 #8

K & R. n/t FSogol Mar 2012 #2

To put in perspective how bad minimum wage really is HockeyMom Mar 2012 #3

In the mid 60's, my husband (as a recent college grad) SoCalDem Mar 2012 #9

But did his entry level job pay only minimum wage? pnwmom Mar 2012 #14

I don't know what he made, but it was not a lot SoCalDem Mar 2012 #23

Minimum wage back then was $2.50 an hour, so he making double the minimum. pnwmom Mar 2012 #33

I went to work out of HS in 1966 HockeyMom Mar 2012 #39

In those days, beginning teachers earned about $6K and corporate entry-level was about $8K. TahitiNut Mar 2012 #35

$8/hr. in 1968 was a lot. DocMac Mar 2012 #15

Yup. It works out to about $16K/year ... and that was damned good. TahitiNut Mar 2012 #36

You were making far more than minimum wage in 1968. pnwmom Mar 2012 #38

hey, everybody thumb it to NM magical thyme Mar 2012 #7

do you mean Puerto Rico?? dana_b Mar 2012 #12

looks like 55 on my screen, but I'll take your word for it magical thyme Mar 2012 #18

Si! porque no?! dana_b Mar 2012 #31

Well, that's an average and you won't be able to be real particular Warpy Mar 2012 #26

it's no better here in Maine magical thyme Mar 2012 #29

understood MrDiaz Mar 2012 #10

Here are some statistics from 2010 Autumn Colors Mar 2012 #16

This shouldn't be astonishing or even mildly surprising to anyone with open eyes Orrex Mar 2012 #11

What would the map look like for a 1 bedroom apartment? pnwmom Mar 2012 #13

Single parent scenario. intheflow Mar 2012 #34

Link to the report: malthaussen Mar 2012 #17

And then there is food progressoid Mar 2012 #19

since 2004, 40 hrs minimum wage will not pay for a 2 br apt in ZERO counties in the US librechik Mar 2012 #21

A 2 bedroom apt. in my county median rent $1189.00 ... Historic NY Mar 2012 #22

6 to 7 percent of wage earners earn minimum wage ... BOHICA12 Mar 2012 #24

This stat can do more harm than good, IMO thesquanderer Mar 2012 #25

Maybe Jimmy McMillan was on to something. baldguy Mar 2012 #27

And thus we have McMansions converted to dormitory like environments Trillo Mar 2012 #28

K&R the 1% doesn't want anyone to get ahead TBF Mar 2012 #37

Only way Congress is to understand this frightening fact is to make them work that many hours Justice wanted Mar 2012 #40