As far as the numbers go, you couldn't survive anywhere in the United States on $1000/yr. Heck, the federal minimum wage is currently $5.85/hr which translates to $16,380 if you work 40 hours a week, fifty weeks per year. Here in California, In-N-Out burger (http://www.in-n-out.com/) starts people at $9.50/hr! That's $26,600/yr just to make hamburgers! (Really good ones though!)
I think you might need a new calculator. 40 hours for 50 weeks is 2,000 hours. So $5.85/hr is $11,700 annually, while $9.50/hr is $19,000.
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