Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last

Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by ps_xan on Monday September 26, 2016 @03:04AM (#12579836)

I'm not from the US, but I did a little maths. $21(8 hours/day)(5 day/week)(4 weeks/month)(12 months/year) gives $40320 per year against $40K/per year annually as mentioned in the second paragraph.

Where's the comparison?

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Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by hackuser on Monday September 26, 2016 @03:09AM (#12579857)

Tip: 2,000 hours/year is the standard, and usefully it's simple math (i.e., 2,000 * 21 = 42,000).

2,000 = 8 hrs/day, 5 days/week, 50 weeks/yr

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Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by ps_xan on Monday September 26, 2016 @04:11AM (#12580102)

TO-mato/tamaeto

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Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by zuminator on Monday September 26, 2016 @04:18AM (#12580128)

The first paragraph mentions that it was spotty part-time work only available when the Washington Redskins are playing. The Redskins are an American football team. They played a total of 21 games last season, including pre-and-post season, of which only 11 were held at FedEx Field, where Carlos worked, and each game only lasted a few hours plus maybe an extra two hours for pre and post game. So try $21(5 hours day)(1 day/week)(11 weeks/year) and you only get $1,155, not $40,320.

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Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by Melk on Monday September 26, 2016 @04:18AM (#12580127)

>but the work was spotty.

He wasn't working full-time.

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