----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 5:34 PM Subject: RE: Housing Out of Reach
> http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0918HomeAfford18-ON.html > > $14.49 an hour needed to afford Ariz. home, report says > > WASHINGTON - Nowhere in the country could a minimum-wage employee afford to > pay rent on a two-bedroom home, an advocacy group said Wednesday. And in > three-quarters of the country, even two full-time, minimum-wage jobs > couldn't pay for such housing. > > [SNIP] > > > rob > > Come on, what a joke. A state average is not a good measuring stick. Here > in Harrisburg most jobs are above minimum wage, they advertise the fact. So > yes the housing may be more expensive, but the wages are higher also. I agree with you, but I dont think that is the point. > > One person should not be living in a two bedroom house. > > Kevin T. > I understand the arguments, they are probably looking at a single parent > with one or two children having to find good housing, but it's still just a > headline grabbing puff piece. I think the point is that people who make minimum wage should be *able* to afford housing but are not able too. The original intent of MInimum Wage Laws was not for burger flipping teens, but for people who out on their own. I make almost twice my states average, yet I have difficulty on occasion paying 25% of my wages for rent. (Of course I pay child support and that is a factor.) How my ex will ever be able to afford an apartment when she leaves her parents home is beyond me. xponent Surreal Estate Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
