SpokenTruth said:
I'm starting to believe your online impression of the US is starkly contrasting with the actual US. Especially the poor and the left. But let's do this. Say you make $10 per hour and work full time. That's $1,600 per month before taxes which if you are single means you take home closer to $1,400. Now let's look at costs for a single person living in an average cost city. 1 bd apartment - $900 per month Well hell. $150 left for everything else. No car, no big TV.... But let's imagine this person can somehow save enough money to move to an even cheaper part of the country. Now, if they can find a job, they'll get paid minimum wage ($7.25 per hour) and rent may cost just $600 per month. After taxes, you're bringing home ~$1,000 per month. 1 bd apartment - $600 per month Well hell. That's even worse. Now you're left with $50 per month for everything else. That minimum someone needs to live you were talking about isn't happening. This is why people are living with their parents or working 2 to 3 jobs and demanding changes to wages to reach that minimum. And look at that, just to live (food and all that), these people have to go into debt. But go ahead. Keep blaming it on living in Manhattan and San Fransisco (a combined 1.5% of the US population), new cars, big TVs and (I'm waiting for you to say it) avocado toast. |
From what we have from USA numbers there is less than 10% of the population earning minimum wage (or even close to it). Going from that to 40% of the population is a very big jump.
And I may be very wrong, but these guys also get a lot of social benefits, stamps, payouts, etc and sorry but not one is demanded to live alone in an apartment.
In Brazil it's very common for people to share a house with another 3 or more when they are working in a city and doesn't have a family there. So your rent would go a lot lower. And only if you are a little crazy you would be paying 350 for health insurance before your 40s since you would rarely even need a doctor from 18 to 40.
Also sorry again to burst your bubble, but minimum wage and the like is entry level that someone shouldn't ever expect to pay for all he needs without moving up the latter.
Let me give you context from a country like Brazil, minimum wage here is 250 USD, rent on a very small place in regular city would be 100-150 USD.
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