Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty
by toomanydoubts on Monday February 21, 2022 @01:06AM
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So weird to read that. You mean people making minimum wage are driving around over there?
In Brazil, there's successful people with years long career, making way above the minimum wage, who can't afford a car. Actually, the minimum wage is currently 1/4 to 1/5 of the expected cost of living in some large cities.
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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty
by flavius29663 on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:52AM
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Of course! Americans like to complain a lot, but they are generally unaware how lucky they are. With 7.25 an hour you can easily make 1200 a month, which has almost zero taxes (maybe 5%?). You can easily buy a 1000 car with that. In practice, the de-facto minimum wage in most cities is much higher: 15-20 USD.