Re:Education and Men without Work
by xyzzyz on Monday January 13, 2020 @07:41PM
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$275 a week puts you above the federal poverty threshold, and so, according to the government, is enough to cover basic needs. It is a pittance for HN crowd, but there are tens of millions of people in the US who survive on less than that.
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According to Google, the US minimum wage is $7.25. $7.25 * 40 = $290/fulltime week. Tens of millions surviving on less must be an exaggeration?
No. 40 million Americans live for less than that, and half of that lives on less than half that.
https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/m#/faq/what-current-poverty-rate...
That is interesting. I will need to look into it more. Household size can skew the numbers with children involved. I could not rent a place and get food and other things like that for that amount. Also unemployment runs out after 6 months.