Erik asked: > > As you say. But not everybody who is on minimum wage are flipping > > burgers to earn a bit of pocket money whilst they're at high school; > > infact many of them aren't. A "living wage" for for a family of one > > adult and two children is in the region of $30k a year, which breaks > > down to $14/hour. 60% of Americans earn less than that. > > Do you mean 60% of households of one adult and two children? Otherwise > your figure is irrelevant.
The stat I have on that doesn't give details, so I assume no, it doesn't mean 60% of households of one adult and two children. Does that make the above stat "irrelevant"? I don't think so. It was supposed to be indicative of a situation, nothing more. Ok, 60% of Americans don't earn enough to count as a living wage *if they're a single parent with two kids*. But there's a substantial proportion of people who (may) have no children but earn approx. half that sum or lesss. Do you think rent/bills/food is strictly proportional to the number of people who benefit fron them? So anyone without the attendant two kids could get by on 1/3rd of the wage? 'Cos even if you do, a $7 wage is only going to give someone $14.6k a year. Before tax, healthcare, travel, rent, company clawbacks etc. Rik. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
