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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by gizmo385 on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:48AM (#18122742)
> Being both a homeowner

I'd wager that the vast majority of these people are not homeowners. I'm personally not a homeowner and if I missed a rent payment, my apartment complex could start eviction proceedings against me.

Now I've personally got more than enough in savings to be able to move jobs if I so desired, but when a large percentage of this country has little to nothing in savings, they don't have the same luxuries that you and I enjoy.

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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by csours on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:01PM (#18122861)
I got an eviction notice on my door once for being late with rent. I had the money, I think in that case my auto-pay had expired, so it wasn't transferred. My first notice that I was late was the eviction notice.
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