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originally posted by: lordcomac
I hear that sort of stats a lot- people earning less than $5 a day in some places... yet they still manage to eat, don't they?
Try eating for $5/day in the US!
originally posted by: InwardDiver
a reply to: solve
Who are "the Nine"?
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: Edumakated
That requires roughly 16 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week. I call bull# on that being such an easily attainable wage even in the US. Most people make peanuts compared to that in most of the jobs in the US.
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: Edumakated
That requires roughly 16 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week. I call bull# on that being such an easily attainable wage even in the US. Most people make peanuts compared to that in most of the jobs in the US.
There are fast food joints paying $15/hr in some areas. In many cities, $10/hr is minimum wage. The point is even low wage American workers make more than 99% of people in the world.
If you are an adult and not making $15/hr, you are a loser in life. Yes, this is an insensitive statement, but a factual one.
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: Edumakated
That requires roughly 16 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week. I call bull# on that being such an easily attainable wage even in the US. Most people make peanuts compared to that in most of the jobs in the US.
There are fast food joints paying $15/hr in some areas. In many cities, $10/hr is minimum wage.
If you are an adult and not making $15/hr, you are a loser in life.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: Edumakated
That requires roughly 16 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week. I call bull# on that being such an easily attainable wage even in the US. Most people make peanuts compared to that in most of the jobs in the US.
There are fast food joints paying $15/hr in some areas. In many cities, $10/hr is minimum wage.
$7.25 is the federal minimum wage in the US, which is just disgraceful ... Anyone who supports Trump by quoting the low unemployment rate, should be ashamed of themselves.
Low unemployment is meaningless, when a large majority of those people are earning an unlivable wage.
If you are an adult and not making $15/hr, you are a loser in life.
That's just harsh dude and a complete arsehole statement to make.
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: Edumakated
That requires roughly 16 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week. I call bull# on that being such an easily attainable wage even in the US. Most people make peanuts compared to that in most of the jobs in the US.
There are fast food joints paying $15/hr in some areas. In many cities, $10/hr is minimum wage. The point is even low wage American workers make more than 99% of people in the world.
If you are an adult and not making $15/hr, you are a loser in life. Yes, this is an insensitive statement, but a factual one.
What relevance does making more have if Abu from India and Joe from the US spend the same ratio for cost of living and both are broke afterwards?
I think a better indicator would be how much is left after basic expenses are met.
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: Edumakated
That requires roughly 16 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week. I call bull# on that being such an easily attainable wage even in the US. Most people make peanuts compared to that in most of the jobs in the US.
There are fast food joints paying $15/hr in some areas. In many cities, $10/hr is minimum wage. The point is even low wage American workers make more than 99% of people in the world.
If you are an adult and not making $15/hr, you are a loser in life. Yes, this is an insensitive statement, but a factual one.
What relevance does making more have if Abu from India and Joe from the US spend the same ratio for cost of living and both are broke afterwards?
I think a better indicator would be how much is left after basic expenses are met.
Joe has a much higher standard of living. Again, even our poor in America live better than the upper class in most of the world. The point is just being on American soil even if you are in the bottom 1% of earners still makes you part of the global 1 or 2%.
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: Edumakated
That requires roughly 16 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week. I call bull# on that being such an easily attainable wage even in the US. Most people make peanuts compared to that in most of the jobs in the US.
There are fast food joints paying $15/hr in some areas. In many cities, $10/hr is minimum wage. The point is even low wage American workers make more than 99% of people in the world.
If you are an adult and not making $15/hr, you are a loser in life. Yes, this is an insensitive statement, but a factual one.
What relevance does making more have if Abu from India and Joe from the US spend the same ratio for cost of living and both are broke afterwards?
I think a better indicator would be how much is left after basic expenses are met.
Joe has a much higher standard of living. Again, even our poor in America live better than the upper class in most of the world. The point is just being on American soil even if you are in the bottom 1% of earners still makes you part of the global 1 or 2%.
A cursory look at homelesss encampments tells a different story.
Poop, piss and trash all over the place. I have had foriegn tourists come up to telling me they thought they were in India or some third world country.
originally posted by: Edumakated
I don't have time to find it, but I saw a study showing how the bottom 1% in America have a standard of living higher than the top 5% in India.
People have lost perspective.
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: Edumakated
That requires roughly 16 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week. I call bull# on that being such an easily attainable wage even in the US. Most people make peanuts compared to that in most of the jobs in the US.
There are fast food joints paying $15/hr in some areas. In many cities, $10/hr is minimum wage. The point is even low wage American workers make more than 99% of people in the world.
If you are an adult and not making $15/hr, you are a loser in life. Yes, this is an insensitive statement, but a factual one.
What relevance does making more have if Abu from India and Joe from the US spend the same ratio for cost of living and both are broke afterwards?
I think a better indicator would be how much is left after basic expenses are met.
Joe has a much higher standard of living. Again, even our poor in America live better than the upper class in most of the world. The point is just being on American soil even if you are in the bottom 1% of earners still makes you part of the global 1 or 2%.
A cursory look at homelesss encampments tells a different story.
Poop, piss and trash all over the place. I have had foriegn tourists come up to telling me they thought they were in India or some third world country.
Drug addicts camped out in parks are not the demographic being discussed...
originally posted by: Taupin Desciple
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: Edumakated
That requires roughly 16 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week. I call bull# on that being such an easily attainable wage even in the US. Most people make peanuts compared to that in most of the jobs in the US.
There are fast food joints paying $15/hr in some areas. In many cities, $10/hr is minimum wage. The point is even low wage American workers make more than 99% of people in the world.
If you are an adult and not making $15/hr, you are a loser in life. Yes, this is an insensitive statement, but a factual one.
What relevance does making more have if Abu from India and Joe from the US spend the same ratio for cost of living and both are broke afterwards?
I think a better indicator would be how much is left after basic expenses are met.
Joe has a much higher standard of living. Again, even our poor in America live better than the upper class in most of the world. The point is just being on American soil even if you are in the bottom 1% of earners still makes you part of the global 1 or 2%.
A cursory look at homelesss encampments tells a different story.
Poop, piss and trash all over the place. I have had foriegn tourists come up to telling me they thought they were in India or some third world country.
Drug addicts camped out in parks are not the demographic being discussed...
Because they don't count? What do you think economic averages are based on? Just a select group of people that helps prove a narrative?
Not only do you seem like a person who is quite satisfied with incomplete information, you sound f'd up on a personal level as well
And if the drug addicted homeless are not counted, then the final results are flawed due to an incomplete count, and should be discounted as relevant.