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In reply to the discussion: Maximum wage [View all]justaddh2o
(69 posts)at least not in this thread
I wanted to know what you think is enough money (a dollar figure) for a single individual to have/"make" per year. I guess you're not interested in answering that question...? That's fine. It's merely an intellectual exercise to see what comes from the discussion.
I'm still interested to know what you think the "real problem" is and what the fix is. Your suggestion of "increasing the pay of the poor" doesn't really work, does it? If you put the pay of the poor up by, let's say $12/hr, but the cost of food (and rent and utilities, etc) rises 1x to 3x in the same year, there's no real increase in pay, is there? Simply raising the poor's salary doesn't help, unless there's a way to control the cost of living. Perhaps you have a suggestion for that as well?